WRC Rally Japan: Oliver Solberg Turns up Pressure on Elfyn Evans

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World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans (Toyota) continues his good form at Rally Japan and maintained his lead on Saturday. Teammate Oliver Solberg had to retire from second place, which Sebastien Ogier said was not surprising. Romet Jürgenson (M-Sport Ford) continues in fifth place in Rally2.

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Winner for the second time this season, Welshman Elfyn Evans will take the second half of the season with twenty points ahead of his closest pursuer, Takamoto Katsuta. Second in the Japan Rally, 12'8 in Evans, Sébastien Ogier is fifth in the Championship, 61 points behind his team-mate.

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After a timid start to the season, Gryazin, after a great battle against Cachón, offered his first WRC2 victory this season in Japan. He won in front of the Spanish driver and Yamamoto, and also offered a third victory in Lancia and PH Sport, after Yohan Rossel's two wins in Croatia and the Canary Islands. An important victory that now propels him to lead the championship... Source

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The Japanese Rally is still led by the world championship leader, Briton Elfyn Evans, after the second stage. Nine-time world champion, Frenchman Sébastien Ogier, who is defending last year's championship in the seventh competition this year, moved into second place. He is almost 18 seconds behind Evans. Third is another Toyota driver, Finn Sami Pajari, who has a gap of over 44 seconds.