Six more special tests will be run on Sunday.
Kalle Rovanperä secures his triple position in the World Rally Championship in Japan. PDO
Japan World Cup Rally
Situation 17/22 after the special exam
1. Elfyn Evans, Toyota
3. Sébastien Ogier, Toyota +1.16.8
3. Kalle Rovanperä, Toyota +1.41.7
4. Esapekka Lappi, Hyundai +3.09,3
5. Ott Tänak, M-Sport +3.38,6
6. Takamoto Katsuta, Toyota +3.48,2
7. Andreas Mikkelsen, Škoda +5.24,6
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The Asahi Kougen special test that started on Sunday will be run again today as the Power Stage. That’s why the participating drivers wanted to find the best possible driving lines for the 7.52 kilometer stretch.
There was no one among them who suffered from a gearbox failure on Saturday Heikki from Kovala.
Takamoto Katsuta and Ott Tänak too the attempt was so strong that both slipped their cars a little wide in the same place.
Esapekka Lappi cleared the same bend without any problems.
– Conditions vary quite a bit, wet here and there and some dirt. Not at all straightforward, Lappi commented.
Kalle Rovanperä just teasing his team mates by Elfyn Evans and by Sébastien Ogier a ride.
– Still the same plan. The conditions will be much worse for the next two, he predicted.
The bottom time of the section was recorded by the Hyundai driver driving far from the top Thierry Neuville.