🗣️'I know we don’t need to win it, but of course it is a home rally...' KalleRovanpera says it won’t be easy to overhaul OttTanak for a memorable home OfficialWRC victory at RallyFinland, and isn't sure he will attempt a full attack on Sunday ⬇️
closed to within 8.4s of long time rally leader Tanak
However, a combination of superior driving in tricky wet conditions and a charge in the dry afternoon stages has put Rovanpera within striking distance of the 2019 world champion with four stages remaining on Sunday. “It is not so comfortable, but we still pushed the whole day. I didn’t really leave much [performance-wise].
“I know we don’t need to win it, but of course it is a home rally and there has been a crazy amount of people and the support has been so nice that we want to give the fight for the fans. But we will have see.“Everybody knows the stages and the gaps will be small, so it is not going to be easy. It won’t be an easy job but anything can happen.”
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