WRC Poland: Rovanpera seals stunning win after last-minute call up

Kalle Rovanpera sealed one of the finest victories of his World Rally Championship career at Rally Poland after overcoming limited preparation as a last-minute stand-in for Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier. Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen won eight of the 19 gravel stages on the way to completing a remarkable victory by +28.3 from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux and Alex Coria secured their third WRC podium of the season in third .

The action was taken due to a minority of the huge number of fans that flocked to the stages standing in dangerous locations. Police were redeployed to the forestry areas where the issues were occurring on Saturday which appeared to solve the issue as the day ran with only one brief stoppage. Rovanpera claimed the rally lead on stage 10 before going on to win six of the seven stages to open up a 9.4s lead over Mikkelsen heading into the final day. Evans was third, 16.

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