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Thierry Neuville remains at the top of the overall standings. Ogier is his escort

Jyväskylä

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Estonian Ott Tänak (Toyota) retained the lead of the Rally of Finland yesterday after the 19th special, while Frenchman Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport Ford He is seventh and continues to surpbad the leader of the World Championship and his great rival for the title, the Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), tenth.

Tänak, who won five of eight special stages of the day, increased his second-best lead in Finland, Norway's Mads Ostberg (Citroën), now at 39 seconds, and third, local Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) at 44 seconds.

The 30-year-old Estonian rider looks to be in a very favorable position to win his fourth World Rally Championship win and the second this season, after Argentina's.

At the end of the nineteenth special, Tänak had a small shock that slightly damaged his radiator, but that should not prevent you from going to the victim Sunday

" J & I had more attention in the last few specials, the conditions were tough and I watched every stone on the road, "Tänak said.

The first and only Estonian rider to win The rally of Finland is Markko Märtin, who triumphed in 2003 with a Ford Focus

Ogier is 2 minutes and 7 seconds from Tänak and one minute and 26 seconds of Neuville, the man who arrived in Finland as the leader of the World Cup, with 27 points ahead of the French, five-time world champion.

" I think for us this weekend was more of a test than a race," resigned Ogier, who is not happy with his car, which led him to make several adjustments.

TAKING NOTE
Today, pilots will have four specials in their program, including the Power Stage, to cover a total of 45.72 kilometers.
" We change a lot of things constantly to try to improve the sensations and the balance," lamented the Frenchman, who won only once in Finland, 2013.

Holds Positions

° Despite the domination of Neuville, the situation of both in the standings would only allow Ogier to reduce his disadvantage by seven points, with which the Belgian would continue with 20 units.

In front of Ogier are, from fourth to sixth place, Finland's Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) followed by New Zealander Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) and Finland's Teemu Suninen (M-Sport Ford).

Lappi, who won the Rally Finland last year, won four places in the standings.