Hyundai Motorsport decided to withdraw Adrien Fourmaux's car at the end of Rally Paraguay which means that Ott Tanak finished fourth overall.
The Frenchman was fighting for the lead of Rally Paraguay with Kalle Rovanpera until the stage where the last one got a puncture, thus he and Sebastien Ogier were fighting for the first place. Fourmaux was second overall at the end of Stage 18, but he dropped two positions in Powerstage when the rain came, thus he finished behind Elfyn Evans and Thierry Neuville, but ahead of Ott Tanak for 2,1 seconds. Hyundai decided to withdraw Fourmaux's car before the final stop control in order to make some changes and not to take a penalty ahead of Rally Chile. This means that Ott Tanak promoted to fourth position overall and collected another two points for his title fight with Evans, Ogier and Rovanpera.
Photo Credits: Hyundai
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