finn Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota Yaris)World Cup leader, is approaching his fourth victory of the season, as he remains the leader of Kenya Safari Rally after the second period, and will face the third and final period this Sunday with an advantage of 40.3 seconds.
If he wins, young Finn, 21, will further increase his tournament earnings because this Saturday they had to leave their two main pursuers, the Belgian. Thierry Neuville and Estonian Ott Tanaksame with Hyundai i20.
Rovanpera, this year’s winner in Sweden, Croatia and Portugal, is leading the sixth round of the championship, where rain appeared on Saturday, ahead of three other Toyota drivers: the British Elfyn Evans, second in about 40.3 seconds; Japanese Takamoto Katsuta, third in 1: 15.6 minutes; and Frenchman Sebastien Ogier, eight-time world champion and fourth in 2: 38.3 and had the best time in the final section of the day.
The rider second overall in the World Championship, Thierry NeuvilleSi, was third in the rally after winning two specials this Saturday, until the last special he lost ten minutes after hitting a tree shortly after the engine broke down. He was able to finish the special, but he had to retire.
Estonian Ott Tänak (Hyundai i20), world champion in 2019 and third in the World Cup, also had to leave, in his case due to a breakdown in the third period on Saturday.
Rovanpera leads the World Championship with 120 points, 55 more than Neuville and 58 more than Tänak.
The Safari Rally will end this Sunday with a contention of six timed sections, the last of which at 13:18 CET (11:18 GMT).
Source: La Verdad
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