On the opening day of the Belgian World Rally, Kalle Rovanperä’s wild crash happened.
Kalle Rovanperä leads the World Series with a big point difference. PDO
Belgian World Rally Championship
Situation EK17/20:
1. Ott Tänak, Hyundai
2. Elfyn Evans, Toyota, +7.1
3. Esapekka Lappi, Toyota +1.17,3
4. Oliver Solberg, Hyundai +2.56,7
5. Adrien Fourmaux, Ford, +3.07,0
…….
Kalle Rovanperä +1.09.59.3
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville drove out of the lead on Saturday.
Eight special stages were run in the Belgian World Rally Championship on Friday. World Rally Championship leader Kalle Rovanperä on the second ek of the day, violently crashed several times through the roof all over the field. However, the Finnish driver’s car was made ready for Saturday.
Rovanperä found its pace during Saturday. As the comments showed, there aren’t many stakes. Rovanperä will fight for the power stage points again on Sunday.
– It’s hard to start first when there’s nothing to win, Rovanperä said after Saturday’s last clip.
Drama was experienced at the 15th special exam. Driving to his home race Thierry Neuville drove out of the top spot in the rally. That was the end of his race. Due to the interruption, Ott Tänak rose to the top spot, and Esapekka Lappi is closed in triple mode.
Four special tests will be run on Sunday:
At 9.43 a.m. ek17 12.36 km, at 10.38 a.m. ek18 13.31 km, at 12.49 a.m. ek19 12.36 km, at 2.18 p.m. ek20 13.31 km (power stage)
Live monitoring: