Rally Finland 2018
Neuville should start the 12,28km Urria race from 15:30 p.m. Latvala took the scratch this morning in 6'09″8.
Mads Ostberg (Citroën) and Ott Tänak (Toyota) achieved the same time by signing the scratch in the 20,04km of Moksi. The leaders of the Rally Finland completed the 20,04km in 9'49''3 with a 2''2 lead over Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) who took 2 seconds from his teammate Esapekka Lappi and 3''2 to Teemu Suninen (M-Sport). Craig Breen (Citroën) followed more than 6 seconds behind, preceding Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) and Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai). Elfyn Evans (M-Sport) is the last, less than 10 seconds from the benchmark. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) were the slowest.
Mads Ostberg maintains a tenth lead over Ott Tänak in the Rally Finland standings. Jari-Matti Latvala regained third place for just over 2 seconds ahead of Teemu Suninen. Hayden Paddon remains in contact with a good lead over the Fords of Elfyn Evans and Sébastien Ogier. Esapekka Lappi now only has a 3”5 lead over Craig Breen. Thierry Neuville remains isolated in 10th place.
Paddon finishes with the 7th time, 3s behind Suninen. The Hyundai driver is 4″2 behind the Finn overall.
SS6 was interrupted, presumably for spectator safety reasons.
EK6 Oittila on keskeytetty ja yleisön tulee noudattaa järjestyksenvalvojien ohjeita. Erikoiskokeella ajaminen ja käveleminen on kielletty.SS6 has been stopped and spectators must obey orders of the security officers. Driving and walking on the stage is forbidden.#safetyfirst
— Neste Rally Finland (@RallyFinland) July 27, 2018
Suninen sets the 5th time, 5″4 behind the benchmark. Latvala takes 3rd place 2″4 over his compatriot.
The fight between Ostberg and Tänak escalates again. The Citroën driver equalizes the Estonian's provisional scratch and thus maintains a lead of a tenth. “We wanted to play it safe given the differences. I'm sweating, that's enough. »
It is now Breen who holds the 4th time, 6″6 behind Tänak. The Citroën driver is less than 4 seconds behind Lappi overall.
Mikkelsen takes 4th time, 9”7 behind Tänak. The Hyundai driver remains far from the Top 10.
Latvala is closest to his teammate Tänak with 2″2 behind. Toyotas are still at the forefront. " I can not do any more. I'm at my own pace. »
Evans finished around ten seconds from the provisional scratch. The Welshman is in 6th position, 8 seconds ahead of his teammate Ogier.
Lappi arrived 4″2 behind his teammate Tänak. “It's not impressive but it's better than this morning. » The Finn is in 8th position.
Tänak increases the pace again with 11″2 better than Ogier. The Estonian is fighting for the lead of the race against Ostberg.
Ogir improves Neuville’s time by 3″6. The five-time WRC champion is ranked 7th. “I always try to go as quickly as possible. »
Neuville sets a time of 10'04″1. This is 8s more than Tänak's scratch this morning. “The conditions were much better this time. » The Hyundai driver remains isolated in 10th place.
Tänak is 3s ahead of Neuville in the 3rd partial.
Neuville sets off in the 20,04km of Moksi from 14:27 p.m. Tänak was the fastest there this morning with a time of 9'56"1.
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