Andreas Mikkelsen has taken the lead of Rally Deutschland after the Friday morning loop, while title rivals Sébastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville both made mistakes.
Jan Kopecký secured a surprising 0.3 second lead after the opening stage of Rally Deustchland, while Kris Meeke crashed out.
Thierry Neuville went quickest through the Shakedown test ahead of Rally Deutschland, almost a second faster than Andreas Mikkelsen in second.
After a highly disappointing Rally Finland, Hyundai will be looking to their home event as a chance to regroup. Sébastien Ogier and Citroën have other ideas.
The Checkered Flag sat down with six legends of rallying to discuss Rally Finland, the new WRC technical regulations, and their picks for the championship.
Mads Østberg has withdrawn from Rally Deutschland, following damage sustained the same Fiesta R5 he was scheduled to enter with at Rally Rzezow earlier this month.
Ari Vatanen believes that Kris Meeke’s demotion from the Citroen WRC team for Rally Poland was an unhelpful move, and led to his lack of pace at Rally Finland.
Gordon Shedden has conceded success ballast will damage his chances of a strong weekend at his home race in Knockhill.
Osian Pryce has pointed to his Rally Poland accident as the main reason for his steady approach in Finland, making the rally tougher for him.
Porsche’s factory IMSA drivers have pointed to their mid-season test at Road America as potentially making the difference at this weekend’s championship round.
Travis Pastrana has been announced as the latest guest star in the Polaris RZR Star Car, in which he will compete in the Vegas to Rino off-road race.
Nicolas Ciamin scored his first victory in the JWRC category, but chaos unfolded in the battle for second place behind him.
Jari Huttunen held his two minute lead over Quentin Gilbert to win the WRC2 category at Rally Finland on his class debut.
Esapekka Lappi coped with a broken left-rear wheel on the penultimate stage to take a sensational maiden victory at Rally Finland.
Sébastien Buemi has been excluded from fourth place at the first Montreal ePrix, his Renault edams car coming in 3 kilograms underweight post-race.
Nicolas Ciamin continues to lead the JWRC category at Rally Finland despite a late puncture, one of five drivers to hit trouble during Saturday’s stages.
Sébastien Ogier will not restart Rally Finland on Sunday, as his M-Sport team have withdrawn his entry to allow Julien Ingrassia more recovery time from their Friday crash.
