In the Junior WRC, Simone Tempestini set the best time in the category in 3'46″9, taking advantage of Juuso Nordgren's puncture. Ole Christian Veiby remains a solid leader overall with a 13″ lead over Tempestini and 25″6 over Terry Folb, who moved up one place after Nordgren's mishap.

Yazeed Al-Rahji should obviously give up for the rest of the day.

3:38.6 on SS7, very nice special stage. We changed things this afternoon, we probably had a problem this morning #WRC #RallyFinland # WRC2

— Quentin Gilbert (@gilbert_quentin) July 29, 2016

He's at it again! @Yazeed_AlRajhi rolling over the flying finish! @YazeedRacing pic.twitter.com/FDcS5Qkt5V

— Colin Clark (@voiceofrally) July 29, 2016

Elfyn Evans (Ford Fiesta R5) and Esapekka Lappi (Skoda) jointly set the best time of SS7 in 3'31″3 in WRC-2. The Finn remains leader of the category with 20″7 ahead of the Briton. Third in the ES ahead of Teemu Suninen (Skoda), Pontus Tidemand (skoda) is 3″6 behind the Finn in the general classification in the fight for third place.

“I arrived with too much speed and we were off course. We slid for a long time on the roof. We couldn't do anything. » explains Al-Rahji.

Valeriy Gorban (Mini) finished the ES, with a car free of its transmission problems.

Having had an excellent morning before a spin and broken suspension, Ott Tänak found the rhythm on the first SS of the afternoon in Finland. The Estonian from Team Dmack set the best time in 3'24″5 and was 1″3 ahead of Craig Breen's DS3. The Abu Dhabi Racing driver carried out a nice operation, moving up to fourth position overall, 31″5 behind Kris Meeke (DS3) still leader after finishing 5th in the SS behind Latvala and Ogier (Volkswagen), and conceding eight tenths on the Finnish.

Eric Camilli (Ford) sets the sixth fastest time of this SS7, 3″1 behind Tänak.

After Ligato (DS3) and Bertelli (Ford Fiesta), whose mount now seems to be functioning normally after transmission problems, Kevin Abbring (Hyundai) concludes this SS 4″ behind Tänak.

Craig Breen is Ott Tänak's closest pursuer on this SS. The DS3 driver took the opportunity to move up two places in the general classification, returning to fourth position, 31″5 behind Meeke, but 8″9 behind Sébastien Ogier. " Amazing. I'm on cloud nine. I have to prove what I am capable of, and now I have this chance. Everything seems natural. » indicates the former Peugeot driver.

Another fastest stage time for @OttTanak and @MolderRaigo. Real shame about this morning!! #WRC #RallyFinland pic.twitter.com/reWCDDhObl

- M-Sport (@MSportLtd) July 29, 2016

Fifth provisional time for Eric Camilli with the Ford Fiesta RS M-Sport in 3'27″6.

Kris Meeke failed 3″ behind Tänak and lost 0″8 on Latvala overall. “It's a new ES and I was careful in certain sections. »

Ott Tänak returns to business. The Estonian set the provisional best time in 3'24″5, 2″2 better than Latvala. “It’s back to normal. »

3'30″2 for Thierry Neuville at the wheel of the Hyundai i20. The Belgian complained this morning about the rear grip of his mount. “It’s still not that. We tried to find grip, but now the car is too soft. » Neuville believes he can only fight for 2nd or 3rd place.

The two Volkswagen drivers seem to be on a much higher pace than their rivals. Mads Ostberg (Ford) loses 4″3, but is ahead of Mikkelsen’s third VW.

Jari-Matti Latvala takes the best time ahead of his teammate Sébastien Ogier for just a tenth. “A good passage. I hesitated in certain places. It could have been just a little bit better. »

Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) is also at the finish of the special, and like Mikkelsen, the New Zealander cannot rise to the level of Ogier on this SS7. 4″1 lost by the Korean brand’s driver on Ogier’s time.

Mikkelsen cannot keep up with his teammate's pace over the 7,39 km of this SS7. The Norwegian lost 4″3, a significant delay given the length of the course.