Hyundai's Ott Tanak holds off a late challenge from home favourite Kalle Rovanpera to claim his second victory of the 2022 WRC season in RallyFinland. Full report:
Tanak and co-driver Martin Jarveoja produced one of the best drives of their WRC careers to tame a Hyundai i20 N that is short of being the best car in the championship to defeat Rovanpera on home soil by 6.8s after an intense duel.
The Finn rode his own luck at times suffering two wide moments while attempting to reel in Tanak. The 21-year-old made most of tricky wet conditions to ignite his surge up the leaderboard from fourth to second. Five stage wins helped the Totyota driver close to within 8.3s heading into Sunday’s final four stages.
Lappi managed to somehow secure the final podium spot despite rolling his GR Yaris on the penultimate stage. The Finn ran wide into a ditch at a left hander which resulted in his car rolling three times, damaging the rear wing, windscreen and the radiator. Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville avoided issues but was unable to find the confidence to push in his unpredictable i20 N, and ended the rally 2m18.0s adrift in fifth. Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta continued his run of finishing every event in the points in sixth, while Gus Greensmith headed M-Sport’s charge in seventh.
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