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september 18, 2018 - Toyota
Rally Turkey: Day 4 One-two for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing and a hat-trick for Tänak
The #Toyota GAZOO #racing World #rally Team has finished first and second on a gruelling #rally Turkey with drivers Ott Tänak and #jarimattilatvala. It is the first such result for the team since its return to the FIA World #rally Championship at the start of 2017, and moves the squad to the top of the manufacturers' standings. It is the third win in a row for Tänak and the #Toyota #yariswrc: the first time any driver or team has achieved such a streak since the latest era of World #rally Cars was introduced last season.
On the #wrc calendar for the first time since 2010, #rally Turkey provided a considerable test to all the teams and crews, with entirely new stages over rough and rocky gravel roads that were extremely demanding for the cars and tyres. In a #rally of attrition, where only five World #rally Cars completed the #Event without having to retire from at least one of the three legs, the approach of the #Toyota team and its drivers to focus on reliability and avoiding mistakes paid dividends.
Tänak and Latvala occupied fifth and fourth positions at the end of Friday and through measured driving took over at the top of the leaderboard at the beginning of Saturday afternoon as their rivals hit problems. From there, the two drivers continued to avoid problems over the remaining stages, with Tänak winning by 22.3 seconds over Latvala with almost one minute and a half further back to the third-placed crew.
Esapekka Lappi was unable to take part in Sunday's stages after his car was too heavily damaged when he went off the road on Saturday morning. This however did not prEvent #Toyota claiming a maximum points haul of 43 points towards the manufacturers' championship, which it now leads by five points with three rounds remaining. Tänak, who also took three bonus points for third place on the rally-ending Power Stage, has climbed to second in the drivers' standings, just 13 away from the lead. Latvala, fourth on the Power Stage, moves up to fifth behind Lappi.
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