Overview

• Stewards ruled that Tänak accelerated away from the SS7 Saarikas 2 tyre-check stop control before receiving the departure signal, striking a scrutineer with his Hyundai i20 N.
• The scrutineer suffered minor injuries, including bloody scratches to the left knee, and Tänak apologized to officials and offered to apologize personally.
• The five-minute sanction dropped the 2025 championship leader from 10th to 28th place on the Rally Finland leaderboard, leaving him 6m07.2s behind stage leader Kalle Rovanperä.
• A 35-point championship deduction was imposed but suspended until the end of the season pending Tänak’s future compliance.
• Tänak and Hyundai Motorsport said a collision with a tree in SS7 had damaged his car’s cooling system, forcing him to depart the stop control early and rely on hand gestures to explain his urgency.