Kalle Rovanpera comprehensively won Rally Estonia alongside Jonne Halttunen and will now carry a sizeable 83 point advantage heading into the second half of the World Rally Championship season.
Kalle Rovanpera remains on course to increase his World Rally Championship points advantage by making it five victories from seven starts with only one day of Rally Estonia remaining.
Kalle Rovanpera was promoted to the top of the Rally Estonia leaderboard on the final Friday stage after his Toyota team-mate and long-time leader Elfyn Evans dropped 22.6 seconds.
Ott Tanak has revealed preparations within the Hyundai Motorsport camp for his home round of the World Rally Championship this weekend have not quite gone the way he would have wanted.
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Esapekka Lappi went fastest on this morning’s Rally Estonia shakedown - his best effort a whole second quicker than his closest World Rally Championship rival.
M-Sport Ford’s Craig Breen has promised to leave everything on the stages over the course of the next three rounds as the Irishman vies for his first-ever victory as a World Rally Championship driver.
From this week’s Rally Estonia, World Rally Championship teams are to be given more time to work on those Rally1 hybrid cars that have been retired from either the Friday or Saturday leg.