Arctic Rally Finland 2021
Meet at 16:08 p.m. for the start of SS7
Thanks to this new special victory, the fifth in the event, Ott Tänak takes off and is currently 25 seconds ahead of Kalle Rovanpëra. Craig Breen loses his third place now owned by Thierry Neuville. Sébastien Ogier, 8th in the special, gains a position and climbs to 7th in the general classification. Pierre-Louis Loubet encountered a technical problem and finished SS6 at a slow pace. The rest promises to be complicated
The classification of SS6 The general classification after SS6
New best time for Ott Tänak. The Estonian scored a fourth special victory thanks to a time of 13'57″3, 2 tenths faster than Thierry Neuville
Craig Breen wasted a lot of time. The Irishman reached the finish line in 14'11"2, or 13"7 behind his teammate Thierry Neuville. A very bad deal the fight for the podium
Kalle Rovanperä in 13'58″7, 1″2 behind Thierry Neuville. Second provisional time for the Finn
“I have to look at the tires, I'm afraid I've hit them too much. I will have to watch them for the next special stages.” No doubt, Neuville was on the attack
Thierry Neuville destroys Teemu Suninen's time. The Belgian clocked 13'57″5, 11 faster than his Finnish counterpart
On arrival, the Welshman complained about his brakes in particular
Elfyn Evans finishes with her special. The stopwatch shows a time of 14'13″6, 5″1 slower than Teemu Suninen
Teemu Suninen takes control of the special. Thanks to a time of 14'08″5, he erases Oliver Solberg's mark by 0″2. The gap could have been bigger but the Finn missed braking and lost just over a second
Third provisional time for Takamoto Katsuta in 14'19″4, 10″7 from the lead
Excellent special for Oliver Solberg. With a time of 14'08″7, he is ahead of Sébastien Ogier by 5 seconds
“I suffered a lot with my tires. They are destroyed. The loop with these tires will be difficult,” explains the seven-time world champion
Sébastien Ogier signs the best mark of the special while waiting for the other arrivals. He stopped his time in 14'13″7, 5″8 faster than Gus Greensmith
Gus Greensmith disappointed with the performance of his car. The Englishman crossed the finish line in 14'19″5 and provisionally takes the lead
“I don’t know what’s going on. We had no more power and were in road mode. We will see for the rest of the day”, the first reaction of Pierre-Louis Loubet after reaching the finish in 18’49″0
Pierre-Louis Loubet practically at a standstill, Janne Tuohino is logically the first to set a time. He finished in 14’55″2
Pierre-Louis Loubet will make it as best he can...
A quick reminder of the general classification before the start of SS5
Pierre-Louis Loubet still in suffering. Looking at the last images, his car was still moving slowly