Breen in front of everyone after the SS 1

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In the only stage on Thursday evening, Craig Breen (Ford M-Sport) set the best time in the prologue of the seventh round of the season ahead of the world leader Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1). From Friday we start to get serious with 8 stages for 140.84 km of timed sections

Matteo Solinghi

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July 14

The Estonian Rally, seventh round of the WRC 2022 World Championship, starts from the Super Special Stage called “Visit Estonia Tartu 1”. total of 140.84 km of timed sections on Friday. In the playground of tight curves and hairpin bends, with rocks and hay bales on the outside and inside of the curves to prevent drivers from over-cutting the curves, it is Craig Breen (Ford M-Sport) who gets the best of it. time. Not an absolute surprise, since the Irishman is as fond of dirt races as the Estonian.

World Rally WRC Estonia: the PS 1

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On a purely sandy and slippery ground, with a bottom that digs a lot at the start and similar to that found at the Mille Laghi Rally of Finland – after all the two countries are not so far from each other, separated only by the Gulf of Finland – it is therefore Breen who puts the wheels in front of everyone, with Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1) second just one tenth. Sunny conditions for the PS1 of the Rally of Estonia, unlike the morning shakedown, which took place in the rain. The intricate prologue, faced by all with soft tires (only Tanak and Neuville have opted not to put a spare wheel in the trunk) then sees Elfyn Evans (Toyota) in third place, 2 tenths of a second away from Breen. Neuville (4th in the Hyundai i20) precedes home idol and teammate Ott Tanak, while Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) is 6th. Seventh position for Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota), author of an accident in the afternoon passage in the shakedown, with consequent rollover and work for the mechanics of the Japanese company. Greensmith (Ford M-Sport), Solberg (always very spectacular in the Hyundai i20) and Loubet (Ford M-Sport) complete the top ten. Start with the handbrake on for Adrien Fourmaux (Ford M-Sport), 12th overall and last among Rally 1 with a delay of 3 ”2 from the leader.

World Rally WRC Estonia: the rankings

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World Rally WRC Estonia: race classification after PS 1

  1. Craig Breen (Irl-Ford M-Sport) in 1’38 ”7
  2. Kalle Rovanpera (Fin-Toyota) at 0 ”1
  3. Elfyn Evans (Gb-Toyota) at 0 ”2
  4. Thierry Neuville (Bel-Hyundai) at 0 ”3
  5. Ott Tanak (East-Hyundai) at 0 ”5
  6. Esapekka Lappi (Fin-Toyota) at 0 ”7
  7. Takamoto Katsuta (Giap-Toyota) at 0 ”9
  8. Gus Greensmith (Gb-Ford M-Sport) at 1 ”5
  9. Oliver Solberg (Sve-Hyundai) at 1 ”6
  10. Pierre-Louis Loubet (Fra-Ford M-Sport) at 1 ”7.

World Rally WRC: the championship standings

  1. K. Rovanpera (Fin-Toyota) 145 points
  2. T.Neuville (Bel-Hyundai) 80
  3. O.Tanak (East-Hyundai) 62
  4. T. Katsuta (Giap-Toyota) 62
  5. C. Breen (Irl-Ford M-Sport) 58
  6. E.Evans (Gb-Toyota) 57
  7. S.Ogier (Fra-Toyota) 34
  8. D. Sordo (Spa-Hyundai) 34
  9. S.Loeb (Fra-Ford M-Sport) 32
  10. G.Greensmith (Gb-Ford M-Sport) 28.

July 14, 2022 – 9:04 pm

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