Auteur d’une performance remarquable lors de l’avant-dernière étape du Delfi Rally Estonia, Oliver Solberg s’est rapproché d’un succès retentissant en WRC. À 23 ans, le Suédois aborde la dernière journée avec 21 secondes d’avance, et pourrait décrocher une victoire historique pour sa première avec Toyota.
00:00Saturday in Estonia, Round 8 of the World Rally Championship, intriguing battles unfolding throughout the fields, an intense fight for podium places, world champion Thierry Neville chasing his first victory of the season, showing stage winning speed on Estonia's high speed tracks.
00:21Neville trading punches and places with Oytanek, Estonia's finest, slipping to third behind his Hyundai team mate one minute, then regaining second place the next. Three more stage wins for the local hero.
00:35Into team rivalry at Toyota 2. Championship leader Elvin Evans looking to move up the leaderboard after a frustrating opening day. The Welshman struggling to find a perfect rhythm down in Sevilla.
00:51Toyota team mate, Takemoto Katsuta, under pressure, but defending his position with good pace and consistency. Katsuta retains his place in the top six.
01:08No doubt about the star of the show, Oliver Solberg, keeping a lustrous company at bay. Seven stage wins now for the young Swede, the prospects of an extraordinary maiden top flight victory moving ever closer.
01:29Oliver Solberg takes a 21.1 second lead into the final day in Estonia. Hyundai team mates Tanak and Neville separated by only four seconds.
01:48Kale Ravvenpera just off the podium in fourth.
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