Stéphane Lefebvre To Miss Finland and Germany
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Stéphane Lefebvre has announced he will miss the next two events in the WRC season, returning to action at Rally Spain in October.
Nil Solans overcame a late puncture on the penultimate stage to hang on for his third JWRC victory this year, keeping the closing Dennis Rådström at bay.
Ole Christian Veiby secured the first WRC2 win of his career at Rally Poland, finally breaking Pontus Tidemand’s 100% win record this season.
Thierry Neuville secured a crucial win in his quest for a first world title, taking advantage of a rally-ending mistake by Ott Tänak.
Thierry Neuville took advantage of a missing rear wing on Ott Tänak’s Fiesta to retake the lead of Rally Poland, with only 3.1 seconds in hand before Sunday’s four remaining stages.
The leading trio of Thierry Neuville, Ott Tänak and Jari-Matti Latvala have all struck problems in the Pozezdrze stage of Rally Poland, with the latter retiring altogether.
Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak are engaged in a tit-for-tat battle for the lead of Rally Poland, with Neuville retaking first place by a mere 1.3 seconds heading into Saturday’s midday service.
Craig Breen has been left “petrified” by the handling of his Citroën C3 WRC, finishing the day 26th overall and calling it “one of the worst days of my career.”
Thierry Neuville has established a slender lead over Rally Italy winner Ott Tänak, with only 1.3 seconds in hand over the Estonian at the end of Friday’s stages.
Jari-Matti Latvala has established a slim lead over Thierry Neuville for the lead of Rally Poland, with the M-Sport pair of Tänak and Ogier in hot pursuit.
Elfyn Evans leads the Rally Poland standings after the first superspecial, holding a 0.8 second lead over Thierry Neuville ahead of Friday’s first full batch of stages.
Andreas Mikkelsen will be racing for a third time this year with Citroën, having confirmed he will represent the French marque at Rally Germany in August.
Craig Breen has compared Rally Poland’s stages as a “battlefield”, after heavy rain overnight transformed the roads surrounding the Mikołajki service park into a heavily rutted mudbath.
Thierry Neuville was fastest through shakedown for Rally Poland, but overnight rain has changed the stages from a hard sandy surface to being muddy and rutted, potentially turning the competitive order upside down.
Keith Cronin won the fourth round of the 2017 Prestone MSA British Rally Championship ahead of Matt Edwards and Osian Pryce
As the 2017 edition of Rally Poland approaches, Sébastien Ogier is hoping for rain to avoid another dreaded weekend of road sweeping, while Andreas Mikkelsen looks to usurp Kris Meeke as team leader at Citroën.
2017 brings us yet another first time winner and another victory for M-Sport, this time for Ott Tanak
