Fourmaux takes a time penalty and drops to 4th after Friday

Adrien Fourmaux received a time penalty at the end of Friday which means that he lost the lead of Rally Saudi Arabia.

The Frenchman was fighting with Martins Sesks, Sami Pajari and Ott Tanak for the lead of Rally Saudi Arabia and managed to take back the first place from Sesks at the end of Stage 14 despite the fact that both of them suffered from a puncture there. Fourmaux was leading Rally Saudi Arabia for 2,4 seconds after Stage 14 while Thierry Neuville was third and behind his teammate for 5,8 seconds. However, Fourmaux checked ealier at the stop control, thus the stewards gave to him a one-minute time penalty for breaking the rules. This means that Fourmaux slips behind the third Takamoto Katsuta who was 43,9 points behind the first one at the end of Stage 14. This means that Martins Sesks is the new rally leader in Saudi Arabia. Last but not least, Ott Tanak handed a time penalty of 2min and 30 seconds for checking 15 minutes late at the stop control.

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