The reigning world champion chalked up his 11th stage win as he closes in on victory
Kalle Rovanpera further extended his Rally Finland lead on Sunday morning as the Finn bids to claim a first World Rally Championship victory on home soil. The reigning world champion increased his advantage to 45.8s by winning the pair of morning stages over eight-time world champion and fellow part-time Toyota driver Sebastien Ogier. Rovanpera’s pace thrusted him to the top of the Super Sunday standings by 1.
“We have to see what is possible, it was a very clean run in here. Not sure it was quite brave enough, but we’ll see what looks like. Normally we’re in this on our own because of points, that’s how it has always been at Toyota. We need to do our job first,” said Evans. Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi was third fastest ahead of Ogier and Toyota's Takamoto Katsuta, while championship leader Neuville could only manage the sixth fastest time 4.
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