Rally Finland - 4th Day: Rovanpera wins Toyota's first 1-2-3-4-5 finish, Fourmaux retires



At the end of Sunday, Kalle Rovanpera wins his home event with Takamoto Katsuta and Sebastien Ogier following him.

Kalle Rovanpera is the winner of this year's Rally Finland and is the latest Finn who finished at the highest place of the podium as Esapekka Lappi won Rally Finland back in 2017. He was the fastest driver in Powerstage and claimed the five extra points from it while he topped the SuperSunday standings.

Takamoto Katsuta finished in second position overall, but he scored zero points for Toyota as he was not nomimated to score points for the manufacturers' championship.

Sebastien Ogier completes the podium for Toyota and managed to keep Elfyn Evans behind for three seconds.

The Welshman was the fastest driver in Stage 19, but he lost the first place at SuperSunday over Ogier.

Sami Pajari does the 1-2-3-4-5 for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.

Thierry Neuville remains sixth overall and is the highest Hyundai driver for Rally Finland.

Josh McErlean, Martins Sesks and Gregoire Munster and Ott Tanak complete the top ten.

Munster slipped behind Sesks at the end of Powerstage as the first one got a front right puncture.

Ott Tanak managed to gain some positions and to finish in tenth place overall, but he had a spin and the front left tyre was delaminated in Stage 20 resulting in not scoring the maximum points in PS.

Adrien Fourmaux retired from the seventh place in Powerstage as he suffered from a front left puncture.


Watch below the stage times:





Watch below the overall classification after Rally Finland:





Photo Credits: Toyota

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