Toyota's Rovanpera overhauled Hyundai rival Neuville to move into the lead of RallyEstonia at the end of Friday's running. Full WRC report:
After dominating the times across the morning stages, Tanak’s stage-winning streak was brought to an end on stage five, held under threatening skies.
Despite the tricky road conditions, Rovanpera closed the gap to rally leader to 2.1s as Neuville also found the going tough in the damp conditions. The overall rally lead also changed hands on stage six as Rovanpera claimed his second stage win of the event to move into a 2.3s advantage over Neuville.
Evans and Lappi posted identical times to maintain a second gap between the pair in overall standings heading into stage seven. “When it's like a grand prix the car is behaving rather okay. My boy was cheering me on at the start line so I had to give him a bit of a push,” said Tanak.
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