Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi snatched the WRC Rally Sardinia lead away from Toyota rival Sebastien Ogier by a tenth of a second after a rain-impacted Friday afternoon of stages. Full leg report here ⬇️
Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi snatched the Rally Sardinia lead away from Toyota rival Sebastien Ogier by a tenth of a second after a rain-impacted Friday afternoon of World Rally Championship stages.Eight-time world champion Ogier took a 16.3s lead over Lappi heading into the afternoon's three stages, held in largely dry conditions. However, Lappi starred in the wet to grab the rally lead on the final stage of the day, despite picking up a left rear puncture.
Ogier was unable to repeat his stage-winning performance of the morning as nearest rival Lappi came to the fore, slashing the Frenchman’s rally lead from 16.3s to 8.7s. Loubet eventually passed through the stage in road mode after officials were forced to cancel the stage due for spectator safety reasons. Seven Rally1 entries had already passed through at this point, Sordo the only other Rally1 car to run through at road speed and also handed a nominal time.Photo by: Toyota Racing
Evans appeared to struggle the most with this sector, the Welshman proving the slowest Rally1 runner with a time 9.1s shy of Neuville that dropped him to fourth overall. The rain intensified for the second pass of the 49.9km Monte Lerno test. This played into the hands of Rovanpera, who was first into the test.The Toyota driver, renowned for his skills in wet and slippery conditions, pushed hard to score a first stage win of the event. He jumped from seventh to fourth overall after posting a time 2.1s faster than Lappi.
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