Rally Finland kicked off with a super special stage in host city Jyvaskyla that Neuville narrowly topped
World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville snatched the opening stage victory from Takamoto Katsuta to claim an early Rally Finland lead. Neuville was the last of the Rally1 cars to tackle the Harju super special stage in host city Jyvaskyla and was able to pip Toyota’s Katsuta by 1.1 seconds on the mixed surface test. The stage time arrived following a challenging Thursday morning shakedown at the famous gravel rally for the Belgian.
Kalle Rovanperä, Jonne Halttunen, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool Adrien Fourmaux led M-Sport-Ford’s charge in sixth ahead of Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi , who was lucky to avoid clipping a tyre wall with the right rear of his i20 N. Toyota’s Elfyn Evans was eighth ahead of Rally1 rookie Sami Pajari .
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