Kalle Rovanpera was surprised to extend his WRC points lead at RallyItaliaSardegna - having feared it would be one of his least favoured events this season Full story ⬇️
after coming through desperately tricky conditions on Friday morning, before rain showers added to the challenge across the remainder of the weekend.
Rovanpera added an extra five points to his haul by winning the rally ending and rain-impacted Power Stage by a margin of 4.7s over M-Sport’s“I didn’t think we would be getting 20 points when I came here, but yeah the plan was to try to be fast and steady the whole weekend,” Rovanpera told Autosport.
When asked about his Power Stage win he added: “It was a good plan to be honest and after yesterday we tried to focus on the Power Stage.“There were still some cars with good tyres like us and it was a good run through so happy with the points.”
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