M-Sport’s Ott Tanak won the opening stage of RallyEstonia after a “painful” start to his home round of the WRC 😫 FULL REPORT 👇
“I would say that the more I have to go through the day, the more it hurts," said Tanak at the stage end.
“It's getting more and more painful. Our chances for the championship were quite tight considering our performances this year and we were working hard for the next two rallies. By virtue of Tanak’s penalty, Evans and Lappi will head into Saturday with a shared 0.1s lead over championship leader and Toyota driver Kalle Rovanpera, who opted for a measured start to the rally.
"I didn't stress too much about this one, it's a tricky stage so we just did a clean run-through with no push,” said Rovanpera. “Tomorrow is going to be interesting, opening the road will be a big challenge it seems, there is a lot of loose gravel on the road on Friday's stages. We need to do our best and see where we are tomorrow.”Photo by: McKlein /
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