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Rally Germany: OTT TAKES GERMANY TREBLE

OTT TÄNAK WON HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE ADAC RALLYE DEUTSCHLAND ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TAKE ANOTHER HUGE STRIDE TOWARDS A MAIDEN FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

The Estonian claimed his fourth victory in five rounds at the asphalt fixture, leading Toyota to its first clean sweep of the podium since 1993 and the first in the WRC for four years.

Driving a Yaris, Tänak finished 20.8sec clear of Ulsterman Kris Meeke, with Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala a further 15.2sec behind in third.

Thierry Neuville won the live TV Wolf Power Stage to claim five bonus points in a Hyundai i20. Teemu Suninen drove his Ford Fiesta to second and four points, with Latvala taking three points in third. Meeke and Sébastien Ogier, driving a Citroën C3, took two and one point respectively.

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OVERALL (Provisional final results)

POS CAR NO DRIVER CO-DRIVER TEAM ELIGIBILITY GROUP CLASS TIME DIFF PREV DIFF 1ST
1. 8 ESTO. TÄNAK ESTM. JÄRVEOJA TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT M RC1 3:15:29.8
2. 5 GBRK. MEEKE GBRS. MARSHALL TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT M RC1 3:15:50.6 +20.8 +20.8
3. 10 FINJ. LATVALA FINM. ANTTILA TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT M RC1 3:16:05.8 +15.2 +36.0
4. 6 ESPD. SORDO ESPC. DEL BARRIO HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM M RC1 3:16:16.4 +10.6 +46.6
5. 11 BELT. NEUVILLE BELN. GILSOUL HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM M RC1 3:16:28.3 +11.9 +58.5
6. 4 FINE. LAPPI FINJ. FERM CITROEN TOTAL WRT M RC1 3:17:12.0 +43.7 +1:42.2
7. 89 NORA. MIKKELSEN NORA. JAEGER HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS WORLD RALLY TEAM M RC1 3:17:16.0 +4.0 +1:46.2
8. 1 FRAS. OGIER FRAJ. INGRASSIA CITROEN TOTAL WRT M RC1 3:17:26.1 +10.1 +1:56.3
9. 44 GBRG. GREENSMITH GBRE. EDMONDSON M-SPORT FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM M RC1 3:21:52.0 +4:25.9 +6:22.2
10. 17 JPNT. KATSUTA GBRD. BARRITT TOMMI MÄKINEN RACING OY NONE RC1 3:23:49.0 +1:57.0 +8