Transmission issue dents Evans’ World Rally Championship title hopes
Kalle Rovanpera extended his Rally Finland lead after dominating Saturday morning’s stages, while World Rally Championship title contender Elfyn Evans witnessed his victory bid evaporate. Two-time world rally champion Rovanpera completed a clean sweep of the loop including the return of the famous Ouninpohja test to open up 21.9s lead. His fellow Toyota part-time driver Sebastien Ogier holds second after Evans suffered a transmission issue that dropped the Toyota full-time driver to eighth .
Evans’ GR Yaris suffered a suspected transmission problem which appeared to pitch him into a half spin. The Welshman continued but at a reduced pace, which effectively ended his victory hopes as the cruel misfortune resulted in a 1m28.1s time loss, dropping Evans from second to fifth.
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