Alexander Dorosinskiy meanwhile, who was new to the PCWRC for this event and driving for
Subaru Rally Team Russia on his first ever WRC rally, took third. He struggled with tyres that were too hard throughout and having only brought a small number of soft tyres to the rally, he was forced to make do after using them all on the first day. He had a small off-road excursion on leg one and a fuel pump problem saw him leave morning service on leg two 11 minutes late, but a steady drive rewarded him with the final place on the rostrum.
"I'm happy with this result but this is really a present to me as so many people had problems,” he conceded. "Maybe it is something for next year though.”
Takuma Kamada was next up, also on his debut outing in New Zealand. Like Dorosinskiy he benefited from the events of leg three to take fourth and record his best PCWRC result to date, despite contending with punctures, broken shock absorbers and swerving to avoid a cow!
Mirco Baldacci was classified fifth under the SupeRally, after transmission troubles in SS14. He had been on course to take his first ever PCWRC win, more than 50 seconds up on Latvala, when disaster struck in the 29.82 kilometre Whaanga Coast stage.
"It is very disappointing not to finish this event," said Baldacci. "I had gone so well in the fast stages yesterday and the day before, I really think we could have won here. Okay, this is the way the sport is sometimes."
Further down the order, Fumio Nutahara took sixth, having re-started on Sunday under the SupeRally. He went off on day two in SS8 and that effectively ended his title challenge.
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