Rally Paraguay - 2nd Day - 1st Loop: Pajari out in control on full dry conditions as Fourmaux targets Evans's 3rd place



At the end of Saturday morning, Sami Pajari remains out in front in Paraguay with Hayden Paddon and Elfyn Evans following him.

Sami Pajari extended further his lead from the second Hayden Paddon at 22,8 seconds while the young Finn had a two-wheel moment in Stage 11 and had an impact to the top of his rear wing.

Paddon was going slowly at the second corner of Stage 10 after a false alarm which was related to a potential puncture. Eventually, the Kiwi was not in trouble and is still the highest-placed driver for Hyundai Motorsport as he keeps being second overall.

Elfyn Evans decreased his gap from Paddon to 32,7 seconds and was the fastest driver in Stage 9, but he remains third overall.

Adrien Fourmaux was the domimant driver this morning as he set the fastest time in Stage 10 and 11 while he managed to cut Evans's gap to 31,8 seconds.

Josh McErlean is still the best driver for M-Sport Ford as he is fifth overall while he had a wild slide in Stage 11.

Oliver Solberg gained two positions on Saturday morning and now completes the top six. He passed Gus Greensmith initially for the seventh place at the end of Stage 10 while Diego Dominguez slipped behind Solberg after SS11. Finally, Solberg had a small overshoot towards the end of Stage 11, but he managed to keep his place.

Jon Armstrong took some positions back on the overall classification and is tenth.

Sebastien Ogier, Thierry Neuville and Takamoto Katsuta restarted today under the SuperRegulations following their retirements on Friday. 

Οgier was able to show his pace by setting the fastest time in Stage 12 and beat Fourmaux for 0,3 seconds.

Neuville had a half spin in Stage 10 as he was not able to control the rear of his i20N while Katsuta had also a spin just 4Km into SS10.


Watch below the stage times:







Watch below the overall classification after Stage 12:





Photo Credits: Toyota

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