With the first pure asphalt rally of the 2018 season at Corsica linea – Tour de Corse [5-8 April] just around the corner, teams have been busy testing their cars on the island’s twisty roads.
Toyota’s Ott Tänak made the most of his first gravel kilometres in a Yaris World Rally Car ahead of his dirt road debut with the Japanese manufacturer in Mexico this week.
Kiwi Hayden Paddon posted the seventh fastest time in the opening stage of Rally Sweden on Friday morning. The Hyundai factory driver was 2.1s slower than stage winner Ott Tanak's Toyota Yaris over the short, 1.9km city test.
Ott Tanak took advantage of a Sebastien Ogier spin to close to within 15 seconds of the lead of Rally Monte Carlo overnight.The Estonian was already making in-roads into Ogier's lead in the wet conditions before Ogier slid wide.