WRC 2022 rallies: Tnak, first leader of New Zealand rally, where Rowanbur is already champion

LEpidemics delayed it even more, but finally, a decade later, The World Rally Championship The way back has started New Zealand. An iconic island for this specialty, it hides one of the most beautiful stretches of the entire planet: the magnificent ‘Wanga Beach’, facing the emerald blue waters of the Tasman Sea.

This is the second non-European round of the season and, despite mistakes in the last two rallies (Ypres and Acropolis), already the final in a competition. Rowanbur You can get away on the weekend of your 22nd birthday. Finn must agree to eight points one way or another TnakUnder the cover of the surprising hatching that led to the undefeated Hyundai i20 N Rally1 from 1000 Lagos, the only opponent that started to cover him in the middle of the course.

Calle has put his Toyota in a shake-up by a tenth over Solberg, at the cost of knowing whether to continue his first campaign as a Hyundai factory driver next year. However, the young Finn opened up the route meter on Auckland’s spectacular section, which brought him an early disadvantage of 2.6 seconds compared to Tnak, the first leader of the trap-filled, very different rally. He, Newville and Ogier (Confirmed until the end of the course) The current team consists only of riders who have already fought many years ago.

Rally New Zealand. TC-1:

1- Ott Tnak / Martin Jrveoja (Hyundai i20 N Rally1), 1:45.8

2- Craig Breen / Paul Nagle (Ford Puma Rally1), 0.9 hrs

3- Thierry Neuville / Martijn Wiedeke (Hyundai i20 N Rally1), 1.6

4- Takamoto Katsuda / Aaron Johnston (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1), 2.0

5- Elfin Evans / Scott Martin (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1), 2.2