WRC Rally. Rovanperä takes the lead on his Finnish home turf, Ogier provisionally sixth
After ten special stages and two days of racing, Finland's Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota) is currently a few seconds ahead of the Hyundais of reigning world champion Belgian Thierry Neuville and Frenchman Adrien Fourmaux.
Kalle Rovanperä leads Rally Finland after ten stages. Photo by Sipa/Valtteri Vainio
Finland's Kalle Rovanperä (Toyota) took the lead in front of his home crowd at Rally Finland, the ninth of 14 rounds of the WRC, this Friday after the second day of racing. On home soil, the two-time world champion (2022, 2023) looked particularly at ease, winning three of the day's nine special stages.
Rovanperä finished ahead of reigning world champion Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) and Adrien Fourmaux (Hyundai) by 4.9 and 7.7 seconds respectively. Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota) of Japan was fourth, ahead of Sami Pajari (Toyota) of Finland.
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Eight-time French world champion Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) is in sixth place, almost twenty seconds behind the leader, and will have to work hard to secure another podium this season .
World Championship leader Ott Tänak (Hyundai), who was leading after the first special stage on Thursday, had to open the road on Friday and dropped back to eighth position after losing more than a minute to Rovanperä, virtually losing all hope of victory.
On Saturday, eight special stages representing 142.16 timed kilometers are on the program for the busiest day of the event.
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