Rally Finland 2019
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The second stage of the Rally Finland will be made up of 8 special stages for a total of 132km timed. The day should start at 7:08 a.m. French time.
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Kalle Rovanperä (Skoda) masters his subject in WRC 2 Pro by moving to 11th place in the general classification with half a minute ahead of Pierre-Louis Loubet (Skoda), also well established at the head of WRC 2. Éric Camilli is a good distance from the head of the category as he debuts the new Fiesta R5.
19h
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) once again took the scratch in the 2,31km Harju super special which concluded the first stage of the Rally Finland. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) and Kris Meeke (Toyota) were closest by half a second. Ott Tänak (Toyota) followed 8 tenths behind Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai), Esapekka Lappi (Citroën), Craig Breen (Hyundai), Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and Teemu Suninen (M-Sport).
Jari-Matti Latvala maintains the lead of the event with 1”2 ahead of Kris Meeke. Esapekka Lappi remains on the provisional podium 2''4 from the lead of the race for 2 tenths ahead of Ott Tänak. Craig Breen maintains his 5th place with 4 tenths ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen and a second over Sébastien Ogier (penalty not confirmed at the moment). Thierry Neuville remains in 8th place ahead of the Fords of Teemu Suninen and Gus Greensmith.
19h
Latvala settles for 8th fastest time, 1″3 behind Neuville’s scratch. By dropping 8 tenths to Meeke, the Finn maintained a lead of 1″2 over his teammate at the end of the first stage. “I am very happy with what we have accomplished so far. We made a few small mistakes. »
19h
Meeke is closest to Neuville with half a second behind, tied with Ogier. “It couldn’t be better with this car in these stages. We all give our best. »
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Lappi sets the 6th fastest time, 1″2 behind Neuville. The Citroën driver drops 4 tenths to Tänak but maintains the advantage over the Estonian by 2 tenths.
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Tänak sets the 3rd time, 8 tenths behind Neuville's provisional reference. The Estonian is in 4th place, 3″1 from the head of the race. “The day was good but the afternoon was very frustrating. We will see tomorrow. »
19h
Breen fails 1″2 behind his teammate Neuville and 2 tenths behind Mikkelsen who is 4 tenths behind the Irishman who remains in 5th place.
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Loubet finished one second behind Huttunen and returned to service with a lead of almost 50 seconds over Gryazin. “Everything went well today. The car is very pleasant to drive. »
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Gryazin failed 3 tenths behind Katsuta and only retains 2nd place in WRC 2 Pro for only a tenth ahead of the Japanese.
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Katsuta is only ahead of Camilli with almost 2 seconds ahead of the Frenchman. The Japanese is on the attack for 2nd place in WRC 2 against Gryazin.
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Huttunen ranks 2 tenths behind Rovanperä.
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Rovanperä is 4″2 ahead of Camilli in the super special. “It was a very interesting day. »
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Camilli ranks 7″7 behind the wheel of the all-new Fiesta R5. The Frenchman is a good distance from Rovanperä, solid leader of WRC 2 Pro, who follows him in the super special.
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Mikkelsen sets the 3rd time, one second behind the provisional reference. The Hyundai driver is in 5th position. “It was a good day, promising for the future. »
19h
Ogier finished half a second behind Neuville. The Frenchman maintains a lead of 15″6 over the Belgian while we are still awaiting a possible penalty for the Citroën driver.
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Neuville improves the benchmark by 1″5, finishing one second off his scratch from the day before. The Hyundai driver remains 8th. “I had a little trouble with the settings this morning, but it got better as the day went on. The stage was not very good overall. »
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Suninen improves his teammate Greensmith’s time by 2″6.
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Greensmith sets a time of 1'52″4, around 5s from Neuville's scratch achieved yesterday. “I started the day cautiously and I will have the disadvantage of position on the road tomorrow, but the weekend is going well otherwise. »
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Greensmith is the first to set off. The M-Sport driver who replaces Evans is 10th in the standings.
