Tänak Finishes 5th in Rally Mexico
Ott Tänak finished the most successful race of his career, coming in fifth at Rally Mexico this weekend.
Having held sixth place for most of the rally, Tänak moved up on the last day of the rally when Finnish national Jari-Matti Latvala, who had been in third, rolled his car and dropped out of the race.
Nonetheless, Tänak made strides in his own right with one third and two fourth place finishes and enduring through one of the longest and toughest stages of the year, the Guanajuatito stretch. “The 54.3-kilometer test separates the men from the boys,” said the website of the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team.
“Tänak rounded off what has been a sensational first assault on Rally Guanajuato Mexico [...] Displaying maturity and composure beyond his 24 years, Tänak and co-driver Kuldar Sikk impressed throughout the weekend,” said the M-Sport.
With 14 points, Tänak is now in eighth place in the World Rally Championship standings.
Tänak lost to the winner of Rally Mexico, Sebastien Loeb from France (Citroen), by 5:02.6. But the Estonian was just 11.1 seconds down from Norwegian Mads Östberg, in fourth place.
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