2023-10-01 21:32:16
Estonian driver Ott Tanak (Ford Puma), 35, achieved his second victory in the Bío-Bio Rally in Chile. He had already won it in 2019 with Toyota and this Sunday he celebrated with the Ford of the M-Sport team, after winning seven of the 16 stages run. He beat Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) by 42s1/10 and Elfyn Evans (Toyota Yaris) by 1m06s9/1.
Likewise, it was the second victory of the year for Tanak, after winning the Rally Sweden. and he returned to the team part of the joy lost in the year, after several unexpected abandonments. It now remains to know what will happen to Tanak and his future, since he has not yet resolved his continuity with the M-Sport team for next season.
On the other hand, Tanak’s victory, the abandonment of Teemu Suninen (Hyundai) in the penultimate stage of the race, after breaking the right front suspension in a jump and ending up hitting the trees, thus losing the possibility of scoring good points for the tournament, allowed the Toyota Gazoo Racing team to celebrate in advance the third consecutive Constructors title with two races remaining.
Regarding the fight for the drivers’ championship, the result in Chile allows Kalle Rovanpera to have a difference of 31 points over his teammate Elfyn Evans and between them they will settle the championship in the two final dates of the tournament, both on asphalt in the Central Europe Rally and in Japan, respectively.
Among the WRC2, the victory went to Oliver Solberg (Skoda Fabuia) in 3h14m 56s6/10, ahead of Gus Greensmith (Skoda
General Classification. Ott Tanak (Ford Puma) 3h06m38s1/10, 2nd Thierry Neuville (Hyundai i20) 42s1/10, 3rd Elfyn Evans (Toyota Yaris) 1m06s9/10, 4th Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota Yaris) Takamoto Kartsuta (Toyota Yaris) 4m41s5/10, 6th WRC2 winner Oliver Solberg (Skoda Fabia) 8m18s5/10, 7th Gus Greensmith (Skoda Fabia) 8m44s3/10,8 °) Sami Pajari (Skoda Fabia) in 9m20s6/10, 9°) Yohan Rossel (Citrröen C3) in 9m53s9/10 and 10°) Nicolay Gryazin (Skoda Fabia) in 10m08s2/1
Mundial de Pilotos. Kalle Rovanpera, 217 puntos, Elfyn Evans, 186, Thierry Neuville, 155, Ott Tanak 146, Sebastien Ogier, 99, Esapekka Lappi, 98, Takamoto Katsuta, 77 unidades.
Constructors’ World Cup. Toyota Gazoo Racing (Champion) 466 points, Hyundai Motorsport, 360 and M-Sport, 247 points.
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