Ott Tänak
has undoubtedly written his own chapter in the history of the World Rally
Championship. He was an exceptionally talented and fast driver who never
stopped giving his all on every stage, even when the odds were against him. His
unique personality and driving style will be deeply missed, but we are thankful
for all the incredible moments he gave us — and grateful that his rally career
continued beyond the uncertain season he had in 2012.
Early
career
Ott Tanak
started his rallying career back in 2001 when he participated at Saaremaa
Rallisprint which was an Estonian event. He competed with a Volkswagen Scirocco
there and finished 18th overall.
In 2002, he
took part in four Estonian events with the VW Golf and the VW Scirocco with his
best finish being the eighth position at Saaremaa Rahvaralli. From 2003 to
2006, he was driving a VW Golf II in Estonia, but he had many retirements due
to car issues. However, his best result was a fifth place which came at Mulgi
Sügis back in 2005. In 2006, apart from VW Golf II, he had also the chance to
drive a Renault Clio in Estonia, Norway and Finland while it must be mentioned
that Norway was his first ever event outside Estonia.
In 2007, he
switched from a VW Golf II to a Renault Clio RS Ragnotti and continued his
campaign at the Estonian championship. In 2008, he drove a Subaru Impreza STi N14
at the Estonian Championship. In total, he scored six podiums from which he won
two rallies. His performance and his speed were regarded by becoming the 2008
Estonian Champion.
The
following year, he continued driving the Subaru Impreza STi and scored two
wins, but he was not able to defend his crown as he finished fourth at the
Estonian Championship. However, he was first on the class N4+S2000 claiming
another crown. The young Estonian made his WRC debut at Rally de Portugal, but
he finished 20th overall as he received time penalty for restarting
under the SuperRally regulations. Later that year, he took part at Rally
Finland, but he had an accident, thus he did not get to the finish line. In
September 2009, he won the event Pirelli Star Driver Shoot-Out Europe with his
Subaru. That victory gave him the chance to compete in at PWRC and at WRC in
2010.
2010
He started
his 2010 season in a positive way as he won Võrumaa Talveralli which was a
round of the Estonian Championship. After this event, he made an outing with
the Ford Focus RS WRC at Arctic Lapland Rally, but he was forced to retire due
to a problem with the oil pressure. His third appearance in World Rally
Championship was at Rally Sweden with the Subaru Impreza STi N14, but he had a
DNF. At Rally Turkey, he switched from a Subaru Impreza STi N14 to a Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo X, but he had an accident, so he did not finish this WRC event. He
had another chance in World Rally Championship as he drove his Mitsubishi in
Portugal, but once again he had a retirement. He returned back to his Subaru
for the Finn event SM O.K. Auto-ralli and retired due to a steering issue.
Moreover, he had the chance to drive a MG S2000 Sport at Goodwood Rally Stage.
After this event, he made an outing with his Subaru at Mad-Croc Rally Estonia
where he finished second overall. For the rest of his season, he drove his
Mitsubishi at the PWRC support category in four occasions where he finished at
the top step of the podium in Finland and in Great Britain. Also, he finished
second overall in France at PWRC and fifth overall in Germany. Before his
closing his season in Great Britain at PWRC, he made an outing with the Ford
Fiesta S2000 at the Estonian event Saaremaa Rally where he was the winner at N4
class.
In 2011, he
drove the Ford Fiesta S2000 in seven SWRC rallies and signed a five-year
contract with Ford while he was prepared by Marko Martin’s team. Tanak scored
his first WRC points at Rally Mexico as he finished tenth overall on the
classification while he completed the top three in SWRC class. At Rally Italia
Sardegna, Tanak scored his first SWRC win of the season and finished seventh
overall on the classification. His amazing performance stopped in Greece where
he had an accident. At Rally Finland, he completed the top three at SWRC while
he was victorious at Rallye Deustchland. In France, he scored his third victory
of the season at SWRC. Between his participation at Rallye de France and at
Rally de Espana, he had the chance to drive the Ford Focus RS WRC ’03 in two
Estonian events. His final rally for SWRC was in Spain where he finished sixth
overall. Moreover, he made his first appearance with the Ford Fiesta RS WRC ’03
in World Rally Championship and finished in sixth position at Wales Rally GB.
Unfortunately, he finished second on SWRC Championship with 113 points and 43
stage wins despite his amazing performance as Juho Hanninen was crowned as the
SWRC Champion with a Skoda Fabia S2000.
2012
M-Sport
Ford offered to Tanak his first ever full-season campaign in World Rally
Championship and got behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta RS WRC, but the most
important thing is that he was the leading driver of Malcolm Wilson’s team. He
started his season with Rallye Monte Carlo where he finished eighth overall.
The following event after Monte Carlo was Rally Sweden where he retired with
engine issues, but he claimed his first ever stage win in WRC. At Rally Mexico,
he claimed his best result of his WRC career as he finished at the top five.
Afterwards, he had three consecutive restarts under the SuperRally regulations
in Portugal, Argentina and Greece. Among these three rallies, his best finish
was ninth at Acropolis Rally. Rally New Zealand was the following event after
Acropolis Rally, but he did not complete the rally due to an accident. Rally
Finland was next where Tanak finished in sixth position overall. At Rallye
Deutschland and Wales Rally GB, he had another two DNFs due to a mechanical
issue and a lost wheel respectively. Next visit was Rallye de France where the
Estonian managed to climb into the sixth position. Rally Italia Sardegna hosted
the penultimate round of the 2012 WRC season and Tanak claimed his first ever
podium at premier class as he finished at the lowest place of the podium there.
Rally de Espana was the season finale, but for Tanak it was a disastrous event
as he had another crash. He finished eighth on the championship standings with
52 points while he won eight stages. M-Sport Ford did not renew his contract
for next season as they preferred Mads Ostberg, Thierry Neuville and Evgeny
Novikov to him, so he stayed out of the World Rally Championship for that year.
2013
The 2013
season found Ott Tanak to participate at the Estonian Championship with a
Subaru Impreza STi N12 and with his private team OT Racing. He finished second
overall at the Estonian Championship, but he won one rally at N4 class.
Furthermore, it must be mentioned that he participated in two Latvian events
with his Subaru and had Martin Jarveoja as his co-driver. These were the first
two events for the pair before their officially cooperating in World Rally
Championship in 2017. Last but not least, their first win in Latvia and Estonia
came at Rally Talsi - Rally of Champions and Silveston Saaremaa Rally
respectively in 2013.
2014
M-Sport
Ford gave to him and to Raigo Molder a second chance by offering them a partial
programme in WRC and a seven-rally campaign in WRC2 class. The Estonian pair
started their season at Rally Sweden with the Ford Fiesta RS WRC where they
finished at the top five. Afterwards, they competed in Mexico at WRC2 class
with the Ford Fiesta R5 where they manage to complete the top four on their
category. Tanak earned another drive with the Fiesta RS WRC in Portugal where
he did not manage to start the third leg of the rally. At Rally Argentina and
Rally Italia Sardegna, he had two restarts under the SuperRally regulations due
to a mechanical issue and a double puncture respectively with his Fiesta R5.
The first WRC2 victory came at Rally Poland. Estonia joined ERC back in 2014
and Tanak participated with the Fiesta R5 where he managed to be victorious on
his home event. He returned back to WRC2 action in Finland and Germany where he
finished third and second overall respectively. He also competed in Czech
Republic which hosted an ERC event, but he finished in seventh position
overall. His final WRC2 event was Australia where he had an accident. At the
season finale in Wales, the British squad tested Tanak for the following year
as he competed with the Fiesta RS WRC finishing seventh. It must be mentioned
that Tanak secured a drive with DMACK in WRC2 class. Last but not least, he was
able to score another stage win at the top level.
2015
In 2014,
the leading M-Sport Ford driver, Mikko Hirvoned, announced his WRC retirement,
thus the team was looking for his replacement. They selected Ott Tanak to drive
the Ford Fiesta RS WRC and had Elfyn Evans as his teammate. At Rallye Monte
Carlo, Evans put M-Sport Ford at seventh position whereas Tanak finished only
18th as he went off the road in Stage 10. His best result for WRC
came in Sweden as he climbed to fourth place. Next visits for WRC were Mexico
and Argentina where he had two restarts under the SuperRally regulations. In
fact, we all remember what happened in Mexico that year as his Fiesta ended up
in a lake. In Portugal, he fought back, as he had many experience from this
rally, and managed to finish at the top five. At Rally Italia Sardegna, he was
fighting for the third place, but eventually he was forced to retire and to
restart under the SuperRally regulations due to a broken gearbox in SS17 which
means that he finished 14th. In Poland, he managed to match his best
result which was the third place. At Rally Finland, he was fighting for the
eighth place, but he eventually finished at the top five. Next events were
Rallye Deutschland, Rally Australia and Tour de Corse where he finished eighth,
sixth and tenth respectively. Tanak finished 41th at Rally Spain as he
restarted under the SuperRally regulations as the wheel of his Fiesta was off
in Stage 11. He ended his 2015 season with an accident in Wales where he was
holding the fourth position. Between Tour de Corse and Rally Spain, he competed
at Silveston Saaremaa Rally with a Toyota Starlet, but retired with brake
issues. He finished tenth on the championship with 63 points.
2016
In 2016,
Tanak left M-Sport Ford and drove the Fiesta RS WRC of DMACK World Rally Team. It
must be mentioned that he was driving for this team in WRC2 class in 2014. At
Rallye Monte Carlo, Rally Sweden and Rally Mexico, he finished seventh, fifth
and sixth overall respectively. At Rally Argentina, he completed the top 15 as
he had a restart under the SuperRally regulations following a problem with the
alternator. At Rally de Portugal, he rolled his Fiesta in Stage 5 and his
mechanics did not manage to fix his car for the rest of the event, so he
retired. He bounced back in Sardinia by securing a top five finish. The first
podium of the season came in Poland as he finished second behind the rally
winner Andreas Mikkelsen. At Rally Finland, he was fighting for the lead on
Friday morning, but he dropped to tenth due to a spin. Rally Finland was not
generous to him as he rolled his Fiesta in Stage 22. Rallye Deutschland was the
following event after Rally Finland where he lost eight places and was 13th
overall after an alternator issue. Eventually, he decided to retire and
restarted under the SuperRally regulations which led him to finish 23rd
in Germany. At Tour de Corse, he was not able to find pace with his Fiesta in
order to push for his first ever WRC win, thus he completed the top ten. At
Rally de Espana, he faced difficulties in finding the proper traction resulting
in finishing at sixth place. However, he fought back and was very close in
securing his first win as he finished second behind Sebastien Ogier for 10,2 seconds.
At the season finale in Australia, he completed the top seven and was
struggling with the behavior of his Fiesta resulting in having a spin in Stage
4. Tanak scored 88 points and finished eighth on the championship.
2017
In 2017, he
returned back to M-Sport Ford and teamed up with Sebastien Ogier while Elfyn
Evans replaced him at Dmack WRT. Also, Martin Jarveoja stepped in and was his
new co-driver. He started his season in a positive way as he finished third and
second overall in Monte Carlo and Sweden respectively. In Mexico, he finished
fourth overall, but his result in Corsica was not encouraging as he finished
one place under the top 10 due to the fact that he restarted under the
SuperRally regulations following his crash in Stage 3. At Rally Argentina, he
finished at the lowest place of the podium, but the most important thing is
that he was ahead of the four-time WRC Champion and his teammate Ogier. He
scored his best ever result at Rally Portugal which was a fourth place as he
used to finish outside the top five there. Tanak returned back to Rally Italia
Sardegna, which was usually a good event for him, and managed to claim his
maiden win in World Rally Championship. Rally Poland was next, which it was
also a successful event for him. He was leading Rally Poland over the Hyundai
duo, Thierry Neuville and Hayden Paddon, but his chance to take a second win
lost after an accident he had. He was leading Rally Finland until Stage 3 as he
suffered from a front right puncture resulting in finishing seventh as he lost
many positions. His second victory did not came easily as he had to fight with
Andreas Mikkelsen and Sebastien Ogier in Germany. At Rally Spain, he claimed
another podium as he completed the top three, but he finished behind the second
Ogier for five seconds. The penultimate round of the championship was held in
Wales where Tanak fought hard for the second place, but eventually he dropped
to sixth due to visibility issues. However, he ended his season in a positive
way as he finished behind the Rally Australia winner Thierry Neuville for 22,5
seconds. In general, he was fighting with Ogier and Neuville for the
championship, but he finished third on the standings with 191 points.
2018
In 2018, he
made the decision to switch from M-Sport to Toyota with a two-year deal and
immediately showed his aggressive intentions as he finished second overall at
Rallye Monte Carlo despite the fact that it was only his first event behind the
wheel of the Yaris. Nevertheless, he finished at the top nine in Sweden while
he was leading this event from Stage 1 to 2. At Rally Mexico, he was forced to
restart under the SuperRegulations as he retired on the road section before the
start of Stage 12 due to mechanical issues. In fact, he said that his Yaris had
had 20 horse power. At Tour de Corse, he fought with Sebastien for the win, but
the Estonian lost the battle and finished second. At Rally Argentina, he
claimed his first win of the season which was also his first one in South
America. Once again, he had a retirement in Portugal due to mechanical issues
with his Yaris. At Rally Italia Sardegna, he was forced to retire in Stage 9 as
his Yaris suffered from cooling damage after a heavy landing. However, he
managed to get many positions and to finish at ninth place scoring valuable
points for his championship fight. He and Martin Jarveoja took part in a
promotional event of World Rally Championship which was held in Estonia. They finished
at the top step of the podium ahead of Hayden Paddon and Craig Breen. It must
be mentioned that Toyota chose him over his teammates, Jari-Matti Latvala and
Esapekka Lappi to represent the brand in Estonia. After this promotional event,
Tanak was unstoppable as he claimed three wins in a row in Finland, Germany and
Turkey. It was fairly considered as one of the title contenders and it must be
mentioned that it was his first year at Toyota. After his triumph in these
three rallies, next stop was Wales Rally GB where he had to restart under the
SuperRally regulations as the sump guard and the radiator were broken in Stage
19. We have to mention that Tanak was leading Wales Rally GB from Stage 2 to
Stage 18. At Rally Spain, his main title rival, Ogier, finished second overall
whereas Tanak was only at sixth position. He again was leading this event from
Stage 3 to 9 as he got a puncture in Stage 10 resulting in dropping to ninth.
He ended his WRC season with a DNF from Rally Australia after an accident in
Stage 23 while we have to mention that he was leading the rally from Stage 14 to
19. For a second year in a row, Tanak finished third on the championship with
181 points.
2019
He started his 2019 season in a positive way
as he finished third overall in Monte Carlo while he continued to have Kris
Meeke and Jari-Matti Latvala as his teammates. He secured his first win of the
season at Rally Sweden and was leading the championship standings after the
second WRC round. At Rally Mexico, he managed to finish second overall despite
the fact that he was cleaning the road on Friday. In Corsica, he was was
fighting for the victory with Thierry Neuville, Sebastien Ogier and Elfyn
Evans, but a puncture in Stage 11 led him to drop to sixth. In Argentina, he
was forced to stop in Stage 14, thus he restarted under the SuperRallyr
regulations, but he was able to claim some positions back and finished eighth
overall. At the end of Rally Argentina, Tanak remained third on the
championship. WRC visited Chile for the first time in its history and Tanak
took a dominant win there resulting in being second on the championship, just
12 points behind the championship leader Ogier and two points ahead of
Neuville. In Portugal, he managed to win this event and reel in Ogier as their
gap was at two points before heading to Rally Italia Sardegna where he finished
at the top five. Afterwards, he bounced back by winning three rallies in a row
(Rally Estonia, Rally Finland and Rallye Deutschland). Tanak stole the
championship from Ogier at the end of Rally Italia Sardegna, but he increased
further his gap on the championship as he had 205 points whereas his
championship rivals, Neuville and Ogier, had 172 and 165 points respectively.
Rally Turkey broke his successful and dominant performance as he retired due to
technical issues on the road section after Stage 9, but his mechanics prepared
his Yaris for the next day, so Tanak only finished 16th overall.
However, he managed to score the five bonus points at the Powerstage of Rally
Turkey. Despite the fact that he was starting first on the road in Wales, Tanak
claimed his sixth victory of the season and was ahead of Ogier for 28 points
with one round remaining for the season finale. Spain hosted the final round of
that year’s championship where Tanak finished second overall and was crowned as
the 2019 WRC Champion as he collected 263 leaving behind Neuville and Ogier for
36 and 46 points respectively on the standings. But the most important
achievement was that he became the first WRC driver who stopped the French
dominance on the championship as Loeb and Ogier put France out in front for 15
consecutive years. His dominant performance also can be proved by the fact that
he was at the rally lead 109 times whereas Ogier was at the rally lead only 34
times!
2020
The bad
environment at Toyota led him to sign a contract with Hyundai Motorsport for
two years. At the 2020 WRC season, Tanak went to Hyundai with one WRC title
with his teammates having been Sebastien Loeb, Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville.
At the season opener in Monte Carlo, we all remember his crash 40-meter crash
in Stage 4 which had a big impact to the chassis and to the car generally, thus
his new mechanics were not able to fix his i20 Coupe WRC for the following
days. His first podium with Hyundai came in Sweden where he finished second
overall. He made an outing at Rallye Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras (Extra) in
order to prepare himself and to gain more time inside his new car before the
start of Rally Mexico where he finished at second place for a second rally in a
row. The pandemic with Covid-19 made FIA to confirm that the championship would
be decided only in seven WRC rounds. Before WRC going to Rally Estonia after a
long break, Tanak participated with the i20 Coupe WRC at three national rallies
where he won two of them. The Estonian claimed his first win of the season and
for Hyundai at his home event becoming the only driver who won Rally Estonia
twice. Also, we have to mentioned that he became the first Hyundai driver who
won a fast gravel event as Hyundai was struggling on these surfaces for years. After
the end of Rally Estonia, Tanak was from fourth to third overall on the
championship standings and was behind the championship leader Sebastien Ogier
for 13 points who secured a contract with M-Sport Ford. Bad luck stroke him in
Turkey again as he restarted under the SuperRally regulations following a
broken steering in Stage 3. Eventually, he finished outside the top 10 at 18th
position. Despite the fact that he shared the third place with Rovanpera and
was 27 points behind the new championship leader Elfyn Evans, Tanak still had
the fire to fight for the championship, but his sixth place in Sardinia dropped
him at the fourth place on the standings. His championship hopes ended at Rally
Italia Sardegna as he was 28 points behind the first Evans. Nevertheless, he
fought hard in Monza with the view of finishing second on the championship, but
his second place was not enough at Rally Monza to secure him a top-two finish
on the standings, thus he completed the top three with 105 points while Ogier
clinched his seventh title in World Rally Championship.
2021
In 2021, Tanak
did not repeat his great performance in Monte Carlo as he was forced to retire
due to multiple punctures. Hyundai gave to him the chance to compete at Otepää
Talveralli in order to prepare himself for Arctic Rally Finland where he
secured his first and only victory of that season. Before heading to third WRC
round which was held in Croatia, Tanak did an outing at Rallye Sanremo with the
i20 Coupe WRC where he won this iconic event. At Croatia Rally, he finished
fourth overall and fourth on the championship. Next stops were Portugal and
Sardinia where Tanak had two restarts under the SuperRally regulations due to
damaged suspensions. It must be mentioned that Tanak was leading Rallye de Portugal
from Stage 7 to 14, but was forced to retire from the first place due to front
right suspension damage. Furthermore, Tanak was leading the Italian event from
Stage 1 to 11 before his retirement. He finished outside the top 20 in both
events, so he kept his fourth place on the standings. Kenya rejoined WRC back
in 2021 and hosted the sixth round where Tanak finished at the third place
despite his puncture in Stage 7. Rally Estonia was a harsh event for him as he
finished 31st overall due to a restart under the SuperRally
regulations following a double puncture on Friday morning. After this rally,
Tanak dropped from fourth to fifth on the championship and was behind the
championship leader Ogier for 74 points. At Ypres Rally, the 2019 WRC Champion
was third overall from Stage 2 to 8, but he lost four positions due to a
puncture, so he finished sixth. At Acropolis Rally, he spoiled the 1-2 of
Toyota Gazoo Racing as he finished second overall ahead of Ogier and behind
Rovanpera. At Rally Finland, he completed the top two and managed to reel in
the third Neuville and the fourth Rovanpera as he was just two points and one
point behind them respectively. Spain hosted the penultimate round where Tanak
had a DNF due to an accident, so he remained fifth on the championship. Rally
Japan was cancelled and Rally Monza was the replacement of the first one, but
Tanak did not take part in Monza due to personal reasons. Tanak finished at the
top five with 128 points on the championship while before the start of Rallye de
Portugal he renewed his deal with Hyundai for 2022 which was the year of the
hybrid cars.
2024
Tanak rejoined
Hyundai Motorsport for the 2024 WRC season as he had revealed to us via an
exclusive interview that he had signed a pre-contract with them in case the
last ones making some internal changes to its structure. He started his new
season with Hyundai in a positive way as he finished fourth overall in Monte
Carlo after his having an off-road excursion in Stage 3. At Rally Sweden, he held
the third place of the event from Stage 2 to 3 until Stage 4 where he was
forced to retire due to a damaged radiator after a spin. He finished 41st
overall at Rally Sweden as his mechanics fixed his i20N for the two following
days. Safari Rally Kenya was difficult event for him as he stopped at 3,2Km
into SS6 after hitting a rock. Bad luck continued as he got punctures, the bonnet
was loose and suffered from intercom issues. He managed to get some positions
back despite his restart under the SuperRally regulations and finished at
eighth place. At Croatia Rally, he was finished fourth as he kept this place
from Stage 1 to 20 while he had a moment in Stage 19. His first podium of the
season came in Portugal as he finished behind the rally leader Sebastien Ogier
for 7,9 seconds. His battle with Sebastien Ogier continued in Sardinia as the
Estonian stole the victory from Ogier in Powerstage and finished ahead of the
Toyota driver for 0,2 seconds. At Rally Poland, he was forced to retire in
Stage 12 due to engine issues, thus he finished 40th after his
receiving time penalties for his restart under the SuperRally regulations. At
his home event, he had a DNF after having a crash in Stage 2. WRC visited
Latvia for the first time and managed to steal Martins Sesks’s third place in
Powerstage as the last one suffered from transmission issues with his Puma on
that stage. Another retirement came in Finland as Tanak rolled his i20N in
Stage 3. He claimed two consecutive top two finishes at Acropolis Rally and
Rally Chile while he was victorious at Central European Rally. He ended his
2024 season with a DNF as he understeered outside of a corner and rolled his
car in Stage 17. His lack of results and his DNFs led him to finish third on
the championship and finished ahead of the part-timer Ogier for nine points.
2025
Tanak
renewed his deal with Hyundai Motorsport for one more year. At Rallye Monte
Carlo and Rally Sweden, he finished fifth and fourth overall respectively as he
had two moments on these two events. At Safari Rally, he was the top highest
Hyundai driver as he finished in second position behind the rally winner Elfyn
Evans for over one minute. He climbed from fourth to third on the championship
standings, just three points behind Thierry Neuville at the end of the third
round. At Rally Islas Canarias, all the Hyundai drivers were struggling to find
pace with their i20N, thus he finished sixth, but most importantly he dropped
from fourth to fifth on the standings. At Rally Portugal and Rally Italia
Sardegna, he secured a consecutive top two finishes and once again he was
behind Ogier which means that he managed to gain one place on the championship
and to increase further his gap from the fifth Neuville to 25 points. So far
this season, Toyota won five out five events, but Toyota’s domination stopped
in Greece where Tanak put Hyundai out in front resulting in being third on the
championship and just three points behind Ogier. At his home event, he finished
second overall after hitting a chicane in Stage 9. Next stop was Rally Finland
where Tanak finished at the top ten after having two punctures during that
weekend. At the summer break, Tanak shared the third place with Ogier on the
championship as both of them had 163 points. WRC visisted Paraguay for the
first time where Tanak completed the top four and finished behind the third
Neuville for 3,4 seconds. At the end of this event, Tanak lost some ground
compared to the Toyota trio on the championship. He was not able to repeat his
successful performance in Chile as he finished 34th overall after
having two restarts under the SuperRally regulations due to an engine issue and
due to the fact that Hyundai wanted to preserve his i20N for the Sunday push.
At the end of Rally Chile, he kept being fourth while his teammate Neuville
reeled in him as their gap was reduced to 15 points. Hyundai decided to fit a
new engine to Tanak’s i20N which was his third for the season, thus the team
announced that Tanak will not score manufacturer points for the three remaining
WRC rounds. At Central European Rally, he finished at the lowest place of the
podium behind Kalle Rovanpera and Elfyn Evans and was the only driver from
Hyundai who was still in the fight for the WRC title bid. At Rally Japan, his
title hopes were over as he finished fourth overall and was 59, 56 and 35
points behind Evans, Ogier and Rovanpera respectively at the end of Rally
Japan. At Rally Saudi Arabia, Tanak had a restart under the SuperRally
regulations as his car was damaged after a double puncture on Friday afternoon
which means that he finished outside the top ten on his final WRC event.
However, he finished fourth on the championship with 216 points and was behind
Rovanpera for 40 points on the standings.
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