Tanak has been given a time penalty for causing a collision with a rally official

The stewards of Rally Finland gave to Ott Tanak a time penalty and a suspended points withdrawal for causing a collission with a rally official.

On Friday 1st August 2025, after the Stop Control of SS7 (Saarikas 2), car No. 8 arrived at tyre checking and stopped at the direction of a scrutineer. At that moment, the driver of car No. 8 waved his hands asking the scrutineer to move away. In the meantime, another scrutineer started checking the tyres. When the tyre scanning was almost at the end and before receiving the signal to leave, the driver accelerated abruptly, striking a scrutineer with the front right bumper and causing minor injuries, including bloody scratches to the left knee. The stewards decided to give to Tanak a 5-minute time penalty on car No. 8 to be applied at the end of Section 3 and a withdrawal of 35 championship points from the Driver Ott Tänak, the Codriver Martin Järveoja and the Manufacturer HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM in the 2025 FIA WRC related Championships. This penalty is applied with suspension of sentence subject to no further breach by Mr. Ott Tänak of the above-mentioned articles of the 2025 FIA International Sporting Code at any FIA WRC events during the year 2025.

Watch below the stewards' decision:

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