Hyundai holds a 1-2-3 following a nightmare Friday for Toyota in Greece
A power issue for Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier handed Hyundai’s Ott Tanak the Acropolis Rally advantage as drama struck four of the five World Rally Championship title contenders. Tanak was the only championship challenger to avoid problems to end an attritional Friday on Greece’s rough gravel roads with a 21.8s lead over team-mate Dani Sordo. Ogier had led the rally by 5.
Ogier was able to continue the speed that put him into a 5.9s lead at midday service after setting the pace on stage four by 1.9s from Tanak, who moved into second following Fourmaux’s demise. Hyundai’s Sordo, running with a hybrid issue, inherited third overall from Neuville, now driving a repaired i20 N Rally1 that had dropped to three cylinders across the morning loop. M-Sport-Ford’s Gregoire Munster climbed to fifth while demonstrating pace to clock the fourth-fastest time on the stage.
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