At the end of Thursday afternoon, Adrien Fourmaux becomes the new rally leader in Saudi Arabia with Sami Pajari and Martins Sesks following him.
Adrien Fourmaux climbs the order at the end of Stage 7 despite his rear right puncture there and gained two positions in the afternoon.
Sami Pajari was leading Rally Saudi Arabia at the end of Stage 6, as he set the fastest time there, and was ahead of Fourmaux for 0,5 seconds at the end of SS5, but he keeps his second place as he got a slow front right puncture in Stage 7.
Martins Sesks dropped from first to third overall due to a rear right puncture in Stage 6. However, he was the fastest driver in Stage 5.
Ott Tanak keeps his fourth place as he set the fastest time in Stage 7, but is under threat by Thierry Neuville as their gap is at 1,1 seconds.
Takamoto Katsuta managed to stay ahead of Sebastien Ogier and remains sixth overall despite the rear left puncture in Stage 6.
Kalle Rovanpera moved ahead of Elfyn Evans at the end of Stage 7 despite the first one's rear right puncture in SS7 and is now eighth overall.
Evans is in ninth position overall and will lose the title fight if he stays in this position.
Gregoire Munster completes the top 10 and stayed out of trouble on Thursday afternoon.
Josh McErlean and Nasser Al-Attiyah are outside the top ten.
Al-Attiyah lost the tailgate of his Puma after a landing in Stage 5 while he was forced to stop a wheel in Stage 6.
Watch below the stage times:
Watch below the overall classification after Stage 7:
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