The development of the ranking in the second day of the Rally of Estonia, at first exclusively in the hands of a single driver, with the latter having, however, had to give up his leadership in the final after a long and undisputed domination. The one who was almost entirely the protagonist of Friday responds to the name of Elfyn EvansWelsh of the Toyota who redeemed himself from the 3rd place obtained in SS1 with an encore in the first two heats in the program, namely the SS2 and SS3.
At the end of the latter, Evans then repeated himself with the best time in the SS4 and SS5, during which the Ford of Craig Breen she left the scene due to suspension damage. As if that weren’t enough, the 33-year-old from Toyota reconfirmed himself in front of everyone also in the SS6, also helped by penalty of 10 seconds inflicted on the idol of the house Ott Tänak, guilty of not having used the electric mode in the Service Park. For the record, the first part of Friday has therefore rewarded Evans with five consecutive statementsdespite the constant presence of Kalle Rovanperä behind his back.
In conjunction with the seventh round, the world leader woke up from a long fast of success, obtaining the best time both in the SS7 than in the SS8. However, despite the two best consecutive performances, the Finn from Toyota came close to the SS9, the last of the day, once again behind Evans. At that point, however, luck decided to smile at the 21-year-old, presenting itself in the form of drops of water: in this case, almost all the pilots had to face their turn under the rain, except for Rovanperä. Thanks to this not insignificant advantage, and to Evans’ contemporary 7th place, the Finn thus conquered the momentary leadership of the Estonian Rally, leading the group with a gap of almost 12 seconds over the Welshman, in turn ahead of Tänak of about 27 seconds.
Rally of Estonia / Ranking after SS9 – Top 10
POS. | PILOT | CAR | TIME / GAP |
1 | K. ROVANPERÄ | Toyota | 1: 16: 19.7 |
2 | E. EVANS | Toyota | +11.7 |
3 | O. TÄNAK | Hyundai | +44.3 |
4 | E. LAPPI | Toyota | +1: 05.9 |
5 | T. NEUVILLE | Hyundai | +1: 12.9 |
6 | A. FORMAUX | Ford | +2: 08.1 |
7 | T. KATSUTA | Toyota | +2: 10.9 |
8 | G. GREENSMITH | Ford | +2: 29.4 |
9 | P. LOUBET | Ford | +3: 59.0 |
10 | A. MIKKELSEN | Skoda (WRC2) | +4: 57.4 |
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