Evans and Pajari joint leaders at the Rally Estonia shakedown

Championship leader Elfyn Evans made a small statement during the shakedown in the Kastre district, sharing the fastest time with his team-mate Sami Pajari.

“Of course, we want to score as many points as possible at the rally,” commented Evans after the first stage. “The event is likely to be drier than we would have liked. But it’s still too early to say how things will go this weekend.”

Sami Pajari teilt sich Shakedown-Bestzeit

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Pajari, who is still chasing his first World Rally Championship round victory, shared the fastest time in the shakedown with a time of 1:55.6 minutes.

Behind the leading duo, Takamoto Katsuta (-0.1 seconds), last year’s winner Oliver Solberg (-0.2) and reigning world champion Sébastien Ogier (0.5) rounded off Toyota’s dominance at the top.

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The Hyundai trio of Thierry Neuvielle (-0.8), Adrian Fourmaux (-1.1) and Esapekka Lappi (-1.3) took sixth to eighth places. The remaining places were taken by the M-Sport Ford drivers Jon Armstrong (-1.5), Josh Treacy and Martins Sesks, who were separated by just 0.2 seconds.

The fastest WRC2 driver at his home rally was Skoda driver Robert Virves.

This year, Rally Estonia is being held over a compact schedule. Following the shakedown on Friday morning, seven of the 18 special stages will be contested in the afternoon.