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Rallying-Toyota's Pajari Takes Home Win in Finland After Ogier Crash
Pajari finished 26.7 seconds ahead of teammate Oliver Solberg after winning his second straight World Rally Championship event.
- On Sunday, Aug 2, Toyota's Sami Pajari secured a home win in Finland for his second successive World Rally Championship victory, marking the 200th WRC win by a Finnish driver in the 75th edition of the Lakes Rally.
- Two weeks after a breakthrough career WRC win in Estonia, Pajari and co-driver Marko Salminen inherited the lead on Saturday when reigning champion Sebastien Ogier crashed out. Pajari finished 26.7 seconds ahead of teammate Oliver Solberg.
- Championship leader Elfyn Evans completed a podium sweep for Toyota, headquartered in the central Finnish city of Jyvaskyla that hosts the rally. Evans extended his overall lead to 30 points over Pajari after 10 of 14 rounds.
- Toyota's Takamoto Katsuta hit a tree on the final stage, while Hyundai's Adrien Fourmaux and Thierry Neuville placed fourth and fifth. Irish driver Josh McErlean finished seventh for M-Sport Ford, with Jari-Matti Latvala eighth for Toyota.
- The World Rally Championship heads to Paraguay from Aug 27 to Aug 30 for the next round. Evans leads the standings with 201 points to Pajari's 171, with Toyota holding a 514-to-340 points advantage over Hyundai in manufacturers' standings.
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Sami Pajari, who calls himself a rally nerd, has reached a new level. He took a historic and emotional victory in his home World Rally Championship rally.
·Helsinki, Finland
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Finn Sami Pajari won his home rally, successfully defending his lead from the previous day in the final two stages, ahead of his Toyota team-mates Oliver Solberg and Elfyn Evans.
·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Rallying-Toyota's Pajari takes home win in Finland after Ogier crash
Aug 2 : Toyota's Sami Pajari secured a home win in Finland on Sunday for his second successive World Rally Championship victory.Two weeks after a breakthrough first career WRC win in Estonia, Pajari and co-driver Marko Salminen finished 26.7 seconds ahead of teammate Oliver Solberg, who was the joint top Sund
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