Rally Saudi Arabia - Shakedown: Rovanpera outpaces his teammates as Ogier is 9th

At the end of the Shakedown session, Kalle Rovanpera goes fastest in the desert with Takamoto Katsuta and Elfyn Evans following him.

Kalle Rovanpera tops the Shakedown sheets since his first run while he managed to improve his time at the end of his second pass from the stage.

Takamoto Katsuta follows his teammate for five tenths of a second.

Elfyn Evans does the 1-2-3 for Toyota Gazoo Racing and left Adrien Fourmaux behind for 1,2 seconds who is the highest driver from Hyundai at the Shakedown session. However, it must be mentioned that Evans's car carried a damage as a rock was stuck on the floor.

Ott Tanak completes the top five while Martins Sesks set an identical time with Tanak, but the Latvian driver was slower than Tanak for some thousandths of a second, so he sits in sixth position.

Sami Pajari improved his time on his third run and was level with Tanak and Sesks, but he is seventh.

Thierry Neuville follows the trio for two tenths of a second.

Sebastien Ogier was nine tenths of a second slower than Neuville at the Shakedown session, so he holds the ninth position.

Josh McErlean, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Gregoire Munster complete the top 12.

Watch below the Shakedown times:

Photo Credits: Toyota