WRC Latvia: Dominant Rovanpera leads Ogier into final day

The world champion took another stride towards victory in Latvia

Kalle Rovanpera dominated Saturday’s stages to open up a commanding Rally Latvia lead over Toyota World Rally Championship team-mate Sebastien Ogier. The reigning world champion set a rapid pace to claim six of the eight stages and transform an overnight 15.7s advantage to a 42.5s lead heading into Sunday’s final four stages. M-Sport’s local star Martins Sesks started Saturday in second but narrowly lost a fight with eight-time world champion Ogier to end the day a highly commendable third .

Stage 14 provided one of the most bizarre moments of the WRC season when an inflatable arch was felled, which brought out the red flags. Toyota’s Elfyn Evans ran wide at the right-hander before the arch, collecting a couple of advertising hoardings before returning to the road after clipping the arch. “A bit of a silly mistake. I tried not to be too aggressive loading the car and got caught out,” said Evans.

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