Ridiculous how precise you have to be. Craig lost a second in the last three KM. Gah.

Lappi lost six seconds, going from -2.7 to +4.3.

Now this guy has all the chances in the world to extend his lead by a huge chunk! 🍀

Craig is flying.

When I hear stuff like "that's why we moved further to the north to have snow" from #WRC commentators I get very upset. Truth hurts, but there's nothing joyful about it. We need to always remember why. #ClimateChange.

Watching stage 9. The stage is snow-powder gravel with ruts in most of places, getting worse and worse and worse with every car. Harder and harder to drive the later you are in the car order.

But guess what...

So you know how it seems like #Ford has a shitty top speed compared to the other two manufacturers?

Can't watch stage 11 for some reason but ok.

Gah, should've woken up with the alarm, it seemed to have been interesting, given that Tänak won back 2.7 seconds there!

Most likely, Craig will retain first, assuming he'll keep up with Ott's blazing last section.

The splits were a yo-yo. Ah, what a rally!

Oh #Pirelli, what the fuck, holy shit. Poor #EP.

If this was an isolated incident *or* if we had many different tire manufacturers in #WRC, I wouldn't make a stench. But drivers and teams have no agency over what they put on their cars and sure, there is tire saving and stuff, but again, cars aren't stock. Drivers have to push...

Stuff like this makes me sad and not because of the personalities involved. EP is a fun guy, but I'm not his fan or anything. It's just very very very annoying, especially given that two drivers suffered the same issue with delamination on the straight.

Also the fact that there's no sensor between the stubbed outer layer and the wall of the tire is a joke.

Is this where it happens? Ott shows insane pace. Let's see what Craig has in store.

I'm rooting for Tanak, obviously, but I hope that Craig won't crumble under pressure and will always keep it on the road. We watch racing for racing, not for "drama"!

He has two new tires and seems like #Pirelli delaminated on a straight... With two new tires... What.

Ott saved it so well!

Here's a commercial for #Pirelli.

Ott: "ask pirelly, f**king hell".

Fair enough.

And here's a Tanak commercial.

Driving on a sleek for a couple of kilometers, getting the rally lead. I really hope that #MSport and #Ford will give him a car to compete for the world championship.

Loving this. I wish #RBR had a separate night stage time trial rating.

@jonn and yet they keep doing petrol-fueled motorsports

@pettter absolutely annoying. You know what's the biggest fear preventing them from switching to full electric, right? "The sound". Honestly, so annoying. But at least for these five years we have already hybrid #WRC cars and there's also a very crappily-advertised #ExtremeE with pretty horrible coverage, etc.

That said, there's nothing moral or ethical in any sports committee or political organisation whatsoever. Sadly, it's all about pragmaticism. The only reason #WRC is going for full electric in 5 years (to my understanding) is that the governments finally squeeze manufacturers to make electric cars exclusively, and then the manufacturers are squeezing #FIA to provide them with a way to advertise their cars at the highest level 🤷

@pettter FYI, modern #WRC cars are mandated to drive on public roads in electric mode. Doesn't matter for the argument, just something to remember.