WRC | Rally Estonia, PS4: Breen forced to retire

Elfyn Evans concedes the trio by winning the third special stage out of the three disputed today at Rally Estonia. The Toyota Racing driver captured the best time in the PS4, the Raanitsa 1 of 21.45 kilometers, with a time of 10’18 “5.

Thanks to this internship success, the Welshman has further opened his margin against direct rivals. Now Ott Tanak – first of the pursuers – has a delay of 10 “5. The Hyundai Motorsport driver took the third time at 5” 2 from Evans in PS2, beaten also by Kalle Rovanpera for 9 tenths.

Esapekka Lappi’s brake problems continue to be present on his GR Yaris Rally1, but the fourth time allowed him not to lose any further time from Thierry Neuville, a rider with whom he is fighting for fourth place in the overall standings.

The Belgian of Hyundai Motorsport has indeed gained a position due to the retirement of Craig Breen. The Northern Irishman of the M-Sport team was intent on signing very interesting partials, but halfway through the test he ran wide in a very fast left-hand corner and went off the road.

On the way out, he probably hit a stone that ripped off his left front suspension. For this reason Craig was unable to resume the test and was forced to retire.

All the riders who followed him took the opportunity to recover at least one position, but the one who really used the test to get back on top was Takamoto Katsuta. The Japanese from Toyota has moved up to seventh place thanks to a good sixth place in the special, and is now 1 “4 from the sixth overall that is Adrien Fourmaux.