Reigning world rally champion Kalle Rovanpera set the pace on an incident-packed Friday
Kalle Rovanpera tamed challenging wet conditions to lead a Toyota 1-2-3 at Rally Finland as the Finn made a strong start to his bid for a maiden World Rally Championship home win. The reigning world champion, running a part-time programme, head title contender and team-mate Elfyn Evans by 8.3s after nine stages. Eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier was third as championship leader Thierry Neuville was the sole remaining Hyundai in fourth .
“After the morning loop, it’s another day completely. The conditions are now much more stable, but I had a really clean run. It was really nice to drive,” said Pajari, who climbed to sixth overall behind Neuville and the improving Fourmaux after Lappi’s demise. Rovanpera, now much happier with the balance of his GR Yaris, impressed on the slippery wet gravel to claim stage seven . A stunning final split resulted in the Finn pipping Evans by 3.1s to increase his lead over the Welshman to 7.
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