Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera has extended his lead over teammate Elfyn Evans following intermittent rain on Saturday morning in RallyEstonia. Full WRC report:
The World Rally Championship leader initially came under pressure from Evans, but responded with three stage wins to move into a healthy 19.1s advantage heading into the afternoon’s five stages.
Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta overhauled M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux for fifth, while M-Sport teammates Gus Greensmith and Pierre-Louis Loubet traded eighth and ninth after the former suffered a puncture. Rovanpera was particularly unhappy with his run, admitting “I was losing seconds everywhere and I am not happy with my run at all.”
Toyota’s Katsuta also increased the pressure on M-Sport's Fourmaux for sixth as he reduced he deficit to 1.6s.The increasingly slippery conditions proved challenging but it didn’t stop the intense fight between Rovanpera and Evans. This time Rovanpera took the stage by 0.4s from Evans, while Tanak was 1.6s further back.
The penultimate stage of the loop saw Rovanpera again outline the talent that has taken him to a commanding lead in the championship. The Finn didn’t need to push but elected to attack and subsequently blitzed the stage to beat Evans by 4.2s, to extend his rally lead out to 15.7s.A cautious approach to the stage seemed sensible as Lappi, Greensmith and Solberg were all forced into a brief stop.
“We had a bad stage - the car was very strange and Martijn had a lot of pain after some landings, so we had to take it careful,” said Neuville.
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