The World Rally Championship title contender’s Rally Poland victory hopes are over
Ott Tanak says it was impossible to avoid a collision with a deer that put him out of the World Rally Championship’s Rally Poland, revealing he had only 0.26s to react. The Hyundai driver was forced to retire from Friday’s gravel stages when a deer jumped out into the road on stage two which left the Estonian with an unavoidable accident. Following the impact Tanak immediately pulled off the road 18.3km into the test with damage to the front of his i20 N.
” Ott Tänak, Hyundai World Rally Team Photo by: Fabien Dufour / Hyundai Motorsport The unfortunate incident dealt a cruel blow to Tanak who was tipped as the favourite to win this weekend as he aimed to close the 18-point gap to championship leader and team-mate Thierry Neuville. Tanak had held the overnight lead after winning Thursday’s super special stage.
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