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Tanak soars in Finland

Estonian Ott Tanak won Rally Finland for Toyota yesterday while Hyundai鈥檚 Thierry Neuville finished ninth but retained the overall world championship lead. The victory, over gravel roads in the fastest round of the calendar, was Tanak鈥檚 second of the season after Argentina in April and he won by 32.7 seconds. Tanak also won the final power stage for a bonus five points. Norwegian Mads Ostberg was second for Citroen, denying Toyota a one-two finish by beating Finland鈥檚 Jari-Matti Latvala by 2.8 seconds. France鈥檚 reigning champion Sebastien Ogier was fifth for M-Sport Ford. After eight of 13 rounds, Neuville has a 21-point lead over Ogier with the Belgian on 153 and his rival now on 132. Hyundai leads M-Sport in the constructors鈥 standings by 26 points.


 

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