Ott Tanak says competing in a round of the Estonian Rally Championship last weekend was “important” to improve his chances ahead RallySweden WRC
M-Sport elected to field a Ford Puma Rally1 for new signing Tanak at the Otepaa Winter Rally, in addition to a pre-event test in Ostersund, Sweden, to prepare for the WRC’s only snow rally of the season, which begins on Thursday.
The 2019 world champion ended the rally, having competed only one and a half days in the car, in fifth, while also finishing second on the Powerstage to earn four bonus points. With the FIA restricting WRC teams to 21 days of testing this season to reduce costs, M-Sport, Hyundai and Toyota all chose to contest national rallies in Estonia and Finland to recover the lost test mileage.
“We experienced so many different conditions. It was quite a tough rally as at the beginning of the week we had no snow and then we had a bit too much.
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