the finnish pilot Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota), current world rally champion, faces the test to be held in Estonia, the eighth of the season, with the aim of continuing the good results of the last three races and further consolidating the lead.
Rovanperä, who still doesn’t know how to retire this season and has never finished below fourth place, has amassed a total of 140 points despite winning just once, in Portugal in mid-May.
That track was a turning point for him as he broke a streak of three consecutive fourth places and since then he has not been off the podium: he was third in Sardinia and second in Kenya.
In the African competition, victory eluded him by just under seven seconds in a one-on-one with Sébastien Ogier (Toyota). The Frenchman, who has been proclaimed champion three times this season, is one of his main pursuers in Rovanperä despite the fact that the difference is 42 points.
Tied with him for third place in the World Cup, the local came into the event Ott Tanak (Ford), four-time winner at home and who will try to recover the good feelings after the results in the last two tests were not as desired.
And leading both, with only one point advantage (99), the British Elfyn Evans (Toyota) is facing the Estonian route eager to open space for other applicants to chase Rovanperä.
Regarding the characteristics of the rally, the biggest motor event in the Baltic countries, it contains many jumps and crests that will force the pilots to manage with precision. The leader Rovanperä responded competently to these challenges and others to come in 2021, making history as the youngest winner in history by appreciating 20 years and 289 days at that time.
The program
Thursday July 20:
7:00 pm: SS1 TARTU VALD 1
Friday July 21
8:08 am: SS2 PEIPSIÄRE 1
09:01: SS3 MUSTVEE 1
10:44 am: SS4 RAANITSA 1
1:42 pm: SS5 PEIPSIÄRE 2
2:35 pm: SS6 MUSTVEE 2
4:15 pm: SS7 RAANITSA 2
17:21 hours: SS8 NEERUTI
Saturday July 22:
07:09: SS9 MÄEKÜLA 1
08:02 hours: SS10 OTEPÄÄ 1
10:10 am: SS11 MÄEKÜLA 2
11:03 a.m.: SS12 OTEPÄ 2
1:56 p.m.: SS13 ELVA 1
3:00 p.m.: SS14 KANEPI 1
4:58 p.m.: SS15 ELVA 2
6:00 p.m.: SS16 KANEPI 2
7:24 p.m.: SS17 TARTU VALD 2
Sunday July 23:
07:09 hours: SS18 KARASKI 1
08:00 a.m.: SS19 KAMBJA 1
10:00 a.m.: SS20 KARASKI 2
12:00 p.m.: SS21 WOLF POWER STAGE KAMBJA 2
Source: La Verdad
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