Rally Estonia 2020
Here is the ranking for this special:
And the general ranking:
Fourmaux: “There were so many impacts on the car. I'm trying to avoid getting a puncture, the ground is completely broken. »
The category is still dominated by Mads Ostberg ahead of Nikolay Gryazin.
Adrien Fourmaux finishes and remains in 3rd place in WRC 2 with his Ford Fiesta R5.
Consistent since the start of this first stage, Craig Breen (Hyundai) waited until the ninth special stage of the Estonian Rally to set a scratch time. The Irishman, however, did not worry Ott Tänak (Hyundai) more than was justified, who firmly remains in command of the competition.
On the other hand, the Irishman performed well against Sébastien Ogier (Toyota), the Frenchman losing 3″4. In the fight for 4th place, Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota) took a handful of tenths from his teammate Elfyn Evans (Toyota) without the positions changing.
Tänak: “You have to be careful with the tires, this rally seems tough on the rubber. »
Ott Tänak is beaten by 8 tenths by Craig Breen! Overall, the Estonian remains in front and has a 13″8 margin over the Irishman.
Breen: “The car does absolutely everything I ask of it, it’s incredible! That's great "
Craig Breen launched the big attack and set the provisional best time with 3″2 ahead of Kalle Rovanperä.
Sébastien Ogier is almost on par with Kalle Rovanperä and only loses 2 tenths on the Finn.
Elfyn Evans only concedes 4 tenths on Kalle Rovanperä. He will retain his 4th place.
As usual, Kalle Rovanperä takes the provisional best time against Takamoto Katsuta by 1″4.
Takamoto Katsuta finished with a time 2″9 faster than Teemu Suninen.
Esapekka Lappi was beaten by his M-Sport Ford team colleague Teemu Suninen by 1″6.
Teemu Suninen steals the best time from Pierre-Louis Loubet by just a tenth.
Pierre-Louis Loubet drove 2″8 faster than Gus Greensmith on this special.
Ole Christian Veiby suffered a double puncture in SS8 and cannot continue his route for this Saturday! The Hyundai will restart on Sunday but with a heavy time penalty.
The special is much faster than this morning: Gus Greensmith finishes in just 5'10″8.
Gus Greensmith sets off on the ninth stage of the event.