– I was very angry after the puncture. Oliver says on social media that it was a full-on attack and a smash hit. Along with map reader Elliott Edmondson, Warmlander scored four stage wins out of a possible eight.
Before Saturday’s stage, Solberg is fifth +1.41 leader Gus Greensmith, Great Britain, Sweden’s Jonas Andersson map reader.
Great drama characterized the silver stage. WC leader Ott Tänak disappeared outright in the WRC class after problems with the turbo in the first stage. The Estonian lost almost eight minutes, but managed to go on.
The M-Sport Ford had major trouble when Frenchman Pierre-Louis Loubet lost a wheel and was forced to retire for the day.
The opening stretch was red-flagged after Greek Jordan Certeritis crashed and blocked the road.
flew over the edge
Takamoto Katsuda misjudged a corner and flew over a cliff in the sixth stage. The Japanese and his Irish map reader Aaron Johnston escaped unhurt in a fatal crash in the mountains.
Ezebekka Luppi and Sebastien Ogier were the dominant players of the day. The Finn has five stage wins and the Hyundai driver is 5.3 seconds ahead of the Frenchman in the Toyota. Elfin Evans is third, 30.1 seconds behind Lapey ahead of Saturday’s stage.
SVT is broadcasting an hour from Sunday’s WC rally at 23.30 on SVT1/play.
C More is broadcasting the rally live from Mexico.
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