The Welshman ELFYN EVANS (Toyota) was placed at the head of Kenyan Rally, third appointment of the 14th World Cup (WRC), just leading his Finnish partner Kalle Rovanperä to whom he can get out 7 “7.
The World Cup leader, who won in Sweden last month, took advantage of Estonian revolt Ott tänak (Hyundai) At the end of the day to get a lead leader without winning any of the eight special scheduled for Friday.
Tänak scored four of the eight fastest times of the day, but now he is 55 “4 after suffering mechanical problems in the last two sections.
The day started perfectly for him by winning three of the four ‘scratches’ in sections 3, 4 and 6 and, at the rest of the day, the Hyundai Motorsport pilot opened a gap more than 24 seconds in Elfyn Evans.
In the wake of a technical problem at the end of the past special, Estonus was forced to come out with a Hyundai with SS9 problems and, despite being just 13 km, it was enough for Tänak to lose 1’08 “1 and the leadership of the Safari Rally at Evans’ hands that had been hidden until the end of the day.
After the fifth and fourth failures in Montecarlo and Sweden, Estonus wasted 46 “1 of the advantage obtained after SS8, but was still in the career to try to ensure its first podium in the season.
Hyundai, behind Toyota in the construction championship, had another difficult day, with the current Belgian world champion Thierry Neuville for more than a minute and a half of the leader after receiving three penalties that added two minutes across.
Review
1. ELFYN EVANS/SCOTT MARTIN (GBR/TOYOTA) 2H00: 45.4
2. Kalle Rovanperä/Jonne Ulattunen (End/Toyota) to 7 “7
3. OTT Tänak/Martin Järveoja (Est/Hyundai) to 55 “4
4. Thierry Neuville/Martijn Wydaeeghe (Bel/Hyundai) A 1’31 “4
5. Takamoto Katsuta/Aaron Johnston (JPN-girl/Toyota) to 3’26 “4
Special Winners
5 tänak (es2, es3, es4, es6, es8)
3 Rovanperä (ES5, ES9, ES10)
1 Evans (ES1) and Neuville (ES7)
In addition, the raids went on for another Hyundai pilot, French Adrien Fourmaux. The day after the mechanical problem that prevented him from removing the second special, he experienced a puncture during the SS7 period on Friday before completely destroying the right front semi -right of his I20, forcing him to retire again.
This Saturday, six special stages were scheduled, four of them were very long, covering 147.02 time kilometers near Naivasha, about 100 kilometers northern -west capital, Nairobi.
Source: La Verdad
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