Top 15 classification after SS2 at Rallye Mo𝕴nte Carlo

Ott Tanak’s victory on the openin🍃g stage of Rallye Monte Carlo set up his early charge to the front for Toyota ahead of re🏅igning World Rally Champion Sebastien Ogier.

The Toyota Gazoo Racing driver secured the win on the opener before consolidating his advantage with third place o♑n the tricky second stage. Tanak leads by 9.1 seconds with Ogier slꩵotting into second place for Citroen.

Thierry Neuville rounded out the top three, the same trio who fought for the 2018 WRC title, 14.3s off Tanak🍰 after winning SS2 for Hyundai.

Esapekkꦗa Lappi holds fourth place for Ciܫtroen but over 30 seconds behind Neuville with a slender 1.2s advantage on fellow Finn Jari-Matti Latvala for Toyota.

Elfyn Evans leads the M-Spoౠrt Ford charge in sixth place 1ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ.8s off Latvala.

Kris Meeke endured a frustrating night o𒊎n his Toyota debut when a puncture on the second stage stalled his charge as dropped from second to seventh place in the overall running.

Loeb, fresh from the Dakar Rally, also had a tough debut 🅰at Hyundai and blamed studded tyres for his slow SS2 which saw him drop to eighth place but kept ahead of teammate Andreas Mikkelsen with M-Sport Ford debutant Pontus Tidemand rounding out the top ten.