Kalle Rovanpera is on the verge of becoming a two-time World Rally Championship champion after title rival Elfyn Evans crashed out of the Central European Rally on Saturday morning.
Rovanpera only needs to outscore his Toyota rival to successfully defend his crown, which seems highly likely after Evans ran off the road on stage 11 while sitting in third position. The drama handed Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville an 11.1s rally lead over Rovanpera, who made a rare mistake in stage 10 that slashed his overnight advantage, before electing to back off after Evans’ accident. As a result, M-Sport’s Ott Tanak moved into third, 1m19.6s adrift ahead of Toyota’s Sebastian Ogier.
The Finn was caught out at a damp hairpin left and went straight on and luckily slid up an embankment avoiding the trees. He lost 24.7s by the time he had recovered and reached the stage end. “I just had a spin in one slippy braking, which was much more slippier than I expected,” said Rovanpera. “It is definitely tricky to know where the guys are pulling the dirt onto the road. Everything should be okay, let’s try to stay on the tarmac now.
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