Rally Estonia 2022
The start of SS7 is scheduled for 15:14 a.m.
It's a new special victory for Evans, author of a flawless performance this Friday. Overall, the Welshman takes a 19″9 lead over Rovanperä and almost 30 over Tänak
“Olala” whispers Fourmaux as he cuts the line. We understand his reaction since despite his best time in the 1st sector, the Northerner drops 19″5 on Evans after a special completed in 13'57
Victim of a puncture on the left front, Solberg reached the finish far from Evans' time. The Swede finished in 14'08″2, 30″7 behind the Welshman. Things are not going well for the Hyundai driver
Lappi in much better shape after his brake problems this Friday morning. 13'47″8 for the Toyota freelancer, 10″3 behind the reference of this ES6
Loubet takes provisional 4th place by stopping his time in 13'52″9, or 15″4 behind Evans. “The car is much better like this,” he emphasizes after a tricky morning where he couldn’t really attack.
Greensmith complained of a slow puncture as he crossed the line in 14'15″8, 38″3 behind Evans. “It’s a joke,” the Englishman rails
Evans doesn't take his foot off the gas. Determined to win this rally, the Welshman took the provisional lead of SS6 with a time of 13'37″5 relegating Rovanperä to 1″2. He continues to widen the gap in the lead and is almost 20 seconds ahead of the Finn
Delicate recovery for Katsuta who finished almost 30 seconds behind Rovanperä with a time of 14'08″4 slower by 29″7
Tänak behind Rovanperä in this first passage of the afternoon. 13'44 at the finish for the Estonian who drops 5″3 on the Finn. “It doesn’t work at all,” he laments.
Neuville concedes 16″7 on Rovanperä with a time of 13’55″4. The Belgian definitely cannot get the machine going this Friday. “The conditions are difficult and I am not confident with the car. I know I couldn't fight up front this weekend. »
13'38″7 on the line for Rovanperä. The rain seems to have deteriorated the condition of the road since the Finn was 6 seconds slower compared to his passage on this same special this morning
If he had finished the morning loop in 2nd place, Tänak received a 10-second penalty for not having driven in electric mode in an HEV zone. The Estonian falls back to 3rd, 22″5 from the lead
A light rain fell during the lunch break creating a few small puddles of mud. The rain could return at the end of the day but for the moment it is the sun shining in the Estonian sky
It's back to Estonia where Rovanperä launches the 2nd loop of the day!
Evans got off to a great start to this Rally of Estonia by winning the 4 special stages contested this Friday morning.
Only one abandonment is noted for the moment. It concerns Breen, who made a mistake during SS4 this Friday morning
Craig Breen crashes – Rally Estonia
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As a reminder, here is the starting order for the day:
- Rovanperä
- Neuville
- Thank you
- Feel it
- Evans
- Greensmith
- loubet
- Lapland
- Solberg
- Fourmaux
The start of SS6 is scheduled for 14:16 a.m.