Kalle Rovanpera has put himself in a position to potentially secure a history-making WRC title after extending his RallyNZ lead on Saturday. Report: ⬇️
Despite the hybrid boost penalties Neuville remained fourth across the day while Solberg reached service in fifth having been briefly demoted to sixth due to the penalty. crashed out on Stage 12, ending his run of finishing every WRC event this year in the points. Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool
But it didn’t seem to affect Rovanpera as he stormed to his third stage win of the event to date to pull a further 5s clear of Ogier, who moved to second outright after Tanak’s hybrid boost penalty. Teammate Neuville was third fastest on the stage while the third Hyundai of Solberg managed to complete the test despite suffering from a misfire.
Ogier was again his nearest challenger albeit 6.6s adrift but the Frenchman was handed a 10s penalty for checking into the stage a minute late. "Of course, everything is not okay but the target is to come through,” said Tanak. “Luckily this stage was more consistent with less muddy places. It's such a shame.”
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