Kalle Rovanpera delivered a stunning drive to win a gruelling Safari Rally as Toyota claimed its fourth consecutive victory at the famous World Rally Championship event.
Two-time world champions Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen clinched a first victory of the season in the second event of a partial campaign by a dominant 1m37.8s from Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta. M-Sport’s Ford’s Adrien Fourmaux claimed a second career WRC podium in third, 2m25.1s adrift. Rovanpera was fast and faultless through Kenya’s 19 stages, which are renowned as the toughest on the WRC calendar.
Evans pushed hard on Sunday but could only finish third in the Super Sunday classification, securing five bonus points on top of another one clinched in the Power Stage. Read Also: WRCEvans: Costly WRC Safari Rally punctures a “mystery” WRCNeuville frustrated as WRC Safari Rally hoodoo continues Hyundai’s Neuville finished fifth after enduring a challenging rally impacted by punctures and reliability issues.
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