Hyundai's Tanak has grabbed the early lead in RallyNZ after winning the super special stage ahead of Breen. WRC
The 2019 world champion benefitted from drier road conditions on a technical tarmac stage, held in the centre of host city Auckland, which marked Rally New Zealand's return to the WRC following a 10-year hiatus.
Tanak managed to pip Breen by 0.9s to win the stage, while the latter's committed effort was completed in damper conditions. "We will see what we can do. My head was spinning in here and I had no idea where the road was going - it was not so fun, actually," said Tanak after successfully navigating through the stage's roundabout road furniture.was third fastest, 1.6s shy, while championship leader Kalle Rovanpera dropped 2.6s following a rare error.
The action at a spectator-filled 1.78km Pukekawa Auckland Domain stage got underway after WRC crews were treated to a traditional Maori welcome at the Auckland harbour front.and Toyota's Sebastien Ogier that posted the first benchmark runs as the pair stopped the clock with identical times on the board.
As the road began to dry the pair would eventually tumble down to tied eighth on the leaderboard, 4.5s adrift of Tanak.Gus GreensmithThat time stood until Tanak fired through to demote Breen to second, while Neuville slotted into third ahead Toyota's
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