M-Sport\u2019s Ott Tanak produced a faultless drive to take a comfortable Rally Chile lead over Hyundai\u2019s Teemu Suninen into the final day of the World Rally Championship event.
Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera headed to service in fifth after he too lost time to Toyota’s tyre mistake, before being delayed by Gregoire Munster’s dust in stage 12. The third Toyota driven byFollowing a dramatic morning dominated by tyre strategy, thanks to Chile’s abrasive gravel roads, a much more conservative approach was taken for the afternoon.
After losing almost a minute on stage nine, Evans began his recovery by taking time out of Neuville, who was also wary of the energy he'd taken out of his Pirellis. The Welshman brought the gap to third overall down to 11.3s.Rally leader Tanak was also struggling to know how hard to push as he dropped 14.5s in the stage, although his overall lead was only reduced to 41.7s over Suninen.
At the front, Tanak pushed harder on this test having realised he’d backed off too much in stage 10. A sixth stage win pushed his overall lead over Suninen back out to 44.5s ahead of the day's final test. The Maria de las Cruces stage, which changed the complexion of the rally in the morning, once again delivered drama. M-Sport Rally debutant Munster clipped a bank twice causing punctures to his front and rear right tyres, which cost him seven minutes to rectify.
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