At the end of Rally Chile, Kalle Rovanpera takes his first win on this South American event with Elfyn Evans and Ott Tanak following him.
Kalle Rovnapera claims his fourth win of the season with Toyota despite his partial programme and was beaten for 0,2 seconds in Stage 14 by Sebastien Ogier. His next outing with the Yaris will be Rally Japan which will host the season finale. Moreover, he was the scored four extra points in Powerstage and lost the PS win for 0,1 seconds by Ogier.
Elfyn Evans does the 1-2 for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT and was not able to fight for the win of Rally Chile after his loss of time yesterday.
Ott Tanak finished at the lowest place of the podium and is the remaining title contender for 2024 which means that he will give a hard battle with his teammate Thierry Neuville. However, he did not manage to repeat his triumph in Chile as he is the only driver who has won this event with two different cars.
The Belgian driver hold his fourth place and tried to catch Tanak today, but he scored 15 points in Chile compared to his teammate who secured 20 points.
Adrien Fourmaux completes the top five and had a moment in Stage 15 as he had a small spin and had to reverse twice in order to continue.
Sami Pajari finished sixth overall on his second outing of the season with the Yaris at the top level and replaced Takamoto Katsuta this week while his next outing will be in Central Europe next month.
Gregoire Munster does the 5-7 for M-Sport Ford and it must be mentioned that he made his WRC debut at Rally Chile in 2023.
Martins Sesks remains outside the top ten and had a small spin in Stage 13 while he lost the rear wing of his Yaris in Stage 15 resulting in having less downforce.
Sebastien Ogier restarted under the SuperRally regulations today and was the fastest driver on all stages which means that he scored the seven points from SuperSunday standings and took the five bonus points from PS.
Esapekka Lappi was in eighth place overall and was forced to retire on the road section after the end of SS15 as he had an agressive entry and hit one cut resulting in losing the bumper in SS15.
Watch below the stage times:
Watch below the overall classification after the end of Rally Chile:
Photo Credits: Toyota
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