CER - Shakedown: Neuville goes fastest in Tittling as SD stage interrupted due to local incident

At the end of the Shakedown session, Thierry Neuville edges Kalle Rovanpera in Tittling test with Ott Tanak following them.

Thierry Neuville tops the Shakedown times in Tittling and set the fastest time on his first pass from SD.

Kalle Rovanpera follows the Belgian driver for seven tenths of a second and can clinch his second WRC title at Central European Rally if he scored 29 points more than his teammate Elfyn Evans.

Ott Tanak completes the top three and was slower than Rovanpera for 0,5 seconds.

Elfyn Evans is in fourth place overall and had a big moment on his first pass from SD as the spectators reported.

Esapekka Lappi comes right behind the Welshman for 0,6 seconds and only he and Teemu Suninen ran four times from SD.

Sebastien Ogier is sixth overall and left Takamoto Katsuta behind for three tenths of a second.

Teemu Suninen, Pierre-Louis Loubet and Gregoire Munster complete the top ten. Furthermore, Munster joined the Hyundai duo and had the chance to drive the Puma four times from SD stage.

According to DirtFish sources, a locan crash happened in an area near the Shakedown stage, therefore the organizers had to interrupt Tittling stage. The interruption happened after the top four drivers (Rovanpera, Evans, Neuville, Tanak) completed their first run throughtout that stage.

Watch below the Shakedown times:

Photo Credits: Hyundai