WRC 2019: Rally Turkey

There's plenty of World Rally Championship action as Autumn draws near and this Rally Turkey event of this season shows that you can't put down a thrilling dirt action like this as the drivers are pulling all the stops to survive Marmaris' worst surfaces.

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In Friday's stages, it's a 1-2 for Citroen Racing as Esapekka Lappi managed to hound through his fellow Citroen driver Sebastien Ogier at the rate of 17.7 seconds. Then, in Saturday stages, Ogier held a narrow lead against Lappi while Ott Tanak and Thierry Neuville faced troubles. And in Sunday stages, it's official. Sebastian Ogier wins the Rally Turkey and he finished 34.7 seconds ahead of Lappi. Andreas Mikkelsen completes the podium with a third place finish.

After the action at Turkey, Ogier, who won the Rally Turkey event, is now 17 points behind current leader Ott Tanak, 210 vs. 193.

Next time, the WRC 2019 heads to Llandudno for the Wales Rally GB from the 3rd to the 6th of October, 2019.