Overview

• Rovanperä widened his advantage to 36.1 seconds with three stage victories on Saturday, edging closer to a maiden home WRC triumph.
• Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and Adrien Fourmaux each suffered front-right punctures in stage 16, dropping to sixth and seventh and ensuring a Toyota lockout of the top five.
• Takamoto Katsuta sits in second, followed by Sebastien Ogier, Elfyn Evans and Sami Pajari to complete Toyota’s five-car strong presence.
• Intermittent rain showers turned afternoon stages slippery, testing tyre endurance and driver precision on Finland’s high-speed gravel roads.
• Ott Tänak serves a five-minute penalty for colliding with a scrutineer on Friday and remains outside contention after sustaining car damage on stage seven.