Marko Hanželic
Twenty years old Finn he thus broke his boss's record by two years, Jarija-Mattija Latvala, who, at 22 years and 313 days, succeeded in a similar venture in 2008. Rovanperä was in the lead practically from the beginning to the end of the rally, but at the beginning he had to work hard to make a difference to the runner-up. Craig Breen, who in the end was less than a tenth of a minute behind the Finn.
Despite that Ogier missed the podium, however Toyota driver further increase the advantage over the closest pursuers. His teammate Elfyn Evans he was the fifth, local and world champion from 2019, Ott Tänak (Hyundai i20) again had plenty of pitch, as he first lost twenty seconds on the third speed test due to a flat tire, and on the next, after taking two tires off the road, he had to resign. There were a lot of resignations, among other things, they ended the working Saturday early Takamoto katsuta in Oliver solberg.
Breenov teammate at Hyundai, Belgian Thierry Neuville he finished third in the end, followed by the overall leader, the Frenchman Sebastien Ogier with Toyota. At the last special speed test, the fastest local was Ott Tänak (he returned on Sunday with six victories in the speed tests) and thus got five bonus points, four of which he took away. Neuville, Ogier three, Elfyn Evans two and Rovanperäwho didn’t want to take too many risks, one point.
Father is on target Harri with tears in his eyes he congratulated his son. "It's been a tough season and it's really nice to have a good time here in Estonia, which is almost like a home rally for me, because there are always a lot of Finnish fans," he said. he said at the finish Rovanperä. "We have a good part of the long season behind us with not very good results, but we have always been close. Now we have finally matched. This is a well."
The next test will be the rally in Belgium between 13 and 15 August.
Results - WRC Rally Estonia
