Sami Pajari Takes Lead in Dramatic Rally Croatia Opener

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The World Rally Championship continues this week with Rally Croatia. Saturday's race day will be characterized by numerous tire punctures, which really mixed up the cards and put Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) in first place ahead of the decisive day.

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IS follows the Croatian rally.

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After the second day of the closest rally to us in the World Rally Championship (WRC), Finn Sami Pajari is in the lead. The leading driver in the world championship has resigned.

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Finnish driver Sami Pajari (Toyota Yaris) leads the overall standings of the Rally Croatia after the first day and eight special stages held on the roads of Istria and Primorje-Gorski Kotar counties. His advantage over second-placed Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai i20) is 13.7 seconds.

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Finnish driver Sami Pajari (Toyota) began leading the Croatian WRC, fourth round of the 2026 World Rally Championship and first of the year on asphalt, following the departures in the initial stage of the first two ranked in the general standings: the British Elfyn Evans (Toyota) and the Swedish Oliver Solberg (Toyota).Pajari reached the noon attendance with 8.4sec of advantage over the Japanese Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota), followed only 0.3sec by…