Toyota’s Finnish riders had a rising rally Saturday.
Kalle Rovanperä leaves for the closing day of the rally from fifth place. EPA / AOP
Kalle Rovanperä Arriving in the Umeå service area is already clearly more liberated.
Saturday confirmed that he has not forgotten how to drive a rally car. The result was one piece of bottom time, and the difference to the top even decreased by a few seconds.
– Definitely a better day than on Friday. Now we had a clearly better ride at least on certain roads, Rovanperä started.
Finnish above Hyundain Ott Tänak is 10.1 seconds from the race in the fourth place.
– There are a lot of points in the distribution. Let’s try to bring as much as possible, Rovanperä referred to Sunday’s sprint race and Power Stage.
– You have to drive hard to stay at the overall race points. Of course, everything that gets more is home.
Rovanperä has still not fully learned to drive Hankook as required by the tires. Luckily after the Swedish rally, at least you don’t have to resort to these studded tires anymore.
– I’ve been trying to understand how to drive them. It does not seem to go to my own cabbage.
Team manager Jari-Matti Latvala According to the view, the doctrine had arrived.
– Kale has had trouble turning the car. That tire does not fit his driving style. In the morning we had a conversation that we should change that style, Latvala said.
The new style included braking while the car was still straight.
– I feel like Kalle has driven better today. But he also knows that the series requires points. If it doesn’t seem 100 %, he will not take unnecessary risks.
Pajari with satisfaction
Sami Pajari left Saturday from ninth place but he passed during the day as well as Josh Mcerlean as well as the interruption of the outbreak Adrien Fourmaux’s.
Sami Pajari has enjoyed the beautiful winter weather. Aop
At the same time, as the difference to the top grew much more moderately than Friday, Pajari could have a little smile when the night break arrived.
“You probably have to be happy,” he said.
– I’m focused on my own race. The morning was easier. The latter loop had more difficult conditions, and I was in trouble.
In any case, the pace is now clearly better. Just before the lunch break, Lahti recorded the third best special season.
– In several stretches, the times were on the wall where they should be.
The fork could even have the sixth rally, with Latvian driving on Ford Mārtiņš sesks is only 12.2 seconds away.
Winning Sesks would certainly taste good, as the duo was already strictly racing in the junior series.
– Of course why not. See how the morning starts.