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Rally Estonia 2020 counts for:
2020 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2020 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2020 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2020 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2020 FIA Junior WRC Championship (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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Since 2020 Rally Estonia is an replacement event included into calendar with very short notice, it is held over two days and run over very short route. At full length, it will be second shortest WRC event held so far.
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| 600th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 9 of 17 |
| Official name: | Rally Estonia |
| Edition: | 10th |
| Date: | from Friday 4-Sep-2020 to Sunday 6-Sep-2020 |
| Rally HQ: | Tartu, Eastern Estonia; Estonia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Silver Kutt |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 60 | |
| Starters: | 59 | |
| Finishers: | 44 | (74.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 17 | |
| Shortest: | 1.28 | km | (SS1 Tartu) |
| Longest: | 20.93 | km | (SS7 Prangli 2) |
| Slowest: | 59.84 | km/h | (SS1 Tartu) |
| Fastest: | 128.88 | km/h | (SS15 Arula 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 233.40 | km | (26.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 233.40 | km | (26.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 636.00 | km |
| Total distance: | 869.40 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 13th win and 29th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 3rd podium for Craig Breen. |
| Third place was 82nd podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 16th win and 1-2 win were 60th to 61st podiums for Hyundai. |
| | Third place was 181st podium for Toyota. |
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Ott Tanak was not only local favourite and reigning world champion, but had also won Estonian warm-up event few weeks earlier. Despite pressures, he performed well although not as dominantly as usually. Wresting lead from Rovapera after SS3, he then led until the finish.
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As a championship leader, Ogier opened the unfamiliar roads in the first half of the opening day and was overshadowed by his team mates. But as Rovanpera hit tyre problems and road order was reseeded after first service, Ogier upped his pace but couldn't match leading Hyundais.
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M-Sport Fords were painfully slow on fast roads, evidence of their lack of testing and development. Lappi was initially slightly in front but Suninen (pictured) gained on and eventually passed his team mate to claim sixth overall.
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