Rally Finland 2019
15h
The crews are now heading to the 12,28km Urria special. Tänak is expected to start from 15:27 p.m. It was Latvala who took the scratch this morning with a time of 6'08″0.
14h
Camilli still takes almost 19s from Rovanperä in the special. “The behavior is not bad. We are attacking as much as possible but we will still try. »
14h
Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) scored a new scratch in the second pass of Moksi, SS7 of the Rally Finland. His teammate Ott Tänak was slowed down by the tracks of the other cars made this morning and fell short by almost 6 seconds. Esapekka Lappi (Citroën) and Kris Meeke (Toyota) were the closest with a tenth behind. Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) followed almost 5 seconds ahead of Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) who took more than a second from Craig Breen (Hyundai). The Irishman was hampered by his front hood. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) followed more than 8 seconds behind, still only ahead of the Fords of Teemu Suninen and Gus Greensmith.
Jari-Matti Latvala took the lead in Rally Finland by 4 tenths ahead of Ott Tänak. Kris Meeke completes a provisional podium still monopolized by the Toyotas, even if Esapekka Lappi remains one second from 3rd place. Craig Breen has marked time and finds himself less than 3 seconds ahead of Sébastien Ogier who nevertheless sees Andreas Mikkelsen come back to less than a second. Thierry Neuville remains isolated in 8th place ahead of Teemu Suninen and Gus Greensmith.
14h
Breen sets the 7th time, more than 6s from the benchmark. Slight less good for the very efficient Hyundai driver this morning. Ogier returns to less than 3 seconds from 5th place. The Irishman was hampered by his front bonnet which rose on the course.
14h
Greensmith remains in training and fails more than 14 seconds from the benchmark. Evans' replacement remains in 10th place. “It’s nice, but the road is very rough. A lot of corrections need to be made. At least the car is better in this second pass. »
14h
Latvala snatches the scratch for a tenth ahead of Meeke and Lappi. It was ultimately he who took the lead of the rally, 4 tenths ahead of Tänak. “I knew Ott was struggling more with the tracks on the road and that I was in a better position. »
14h
Superb start to the afternoon from Lappi who equalizes Meeke's time. The Citroën driver remains one second behind the Toyota driver and could take over Latvala. “The car is perfectly set up, but my opponents are also very fast. I don't think about winning, I concentrate on the times. »
14h
Mikkelsen is closest to Meeke with 4” behind. The Hyundai driver regains half a second from Ogier and is only 8 tenths behind the Citroën.
14h
Meeke hits very hard by improving Ogier's time by 5″3 and taking 5″7 from his teammate Tänak. The Northern Irishman came back to within a tenth of the leader. “I’m in the best car on the best rally. It's magical but you have to stay focused because we have a job to do. »
14h
Suninen is the slowest at the finish, almost 4 seconds behind the reference. “It’s crazy how quickly they’re moving forward. I was all in. I may have lost half a second in the special, but I can't do better. » The M-Sport driver is 9th.
14h
Neuville finally failed almost 3 seconds behind Ogier after being the fastest in the first sector. “I rode well. Even if the time is not yet satisfactory, I am more satisfied with the behavior of the car. The Hyundai driver is in 8th place.
14h
Ogier improves the mark by 4 tenths and remains a dozen seconds behind the leader. But the Citroën driver could perhaps have done much better. “The first cars are still struggling. The fire extinguisher leaked into the passenger compartment and we could no longer see anything at all. »
14h
Tänak finished with a time of 9'51″5, almost 5 seconds less than the scratch his teammate Meeke signed this morning. “There were bad trajectories, it’s bad…”
14h
Ogier and Neuville are a few tenths ahead of Tänak in the first split…
14h
It's off to Tänak who sets off with a lead of just over 5 seconds over his teammates.
14h
It's almost time for the second pass of the first stage at the Rally Finland!
Tänak is expected at the start of the 20,04km Moksi special from 14:24 p.m. Meeke was the fastest there this morning with a time of 9'56″3.
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