SS14: Tänak and Ogier in a class of their own, Kalle Rovanperä reveals his no-frills plan

Hyundai’s Ott Tänak and Toyota’s Sébastien Ogier are in a class of their own at Rally Greece.

Ville Hirvonen

29/06/2025,
08:22

Rally leader Tänak started Sunday morning strongly, setting the fastest time on the Smokovo stage, which was being run for the first time.

This time, Tänak was 1.8 seconds quicker than Toyota’s Sébastien Ogier. The pair immediately pulled away in the Super Sunday standings as well.

The pace of the duo is highlighted by the fact that Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville lost 17.6 seconds to the stage-winning time and Toyota’s Elfyn Evans dropped 18.3 seconds.

Sami Pajari, who was previously forced to retire, made his return to the stages and immediately came out on top among the Finnish drivers. He was over 10 seconds quicker than Toyota’s Kalle Rovanperä. Pajari was slightly surprised by his own pace.

“It was really slippery, I just tried not to do anything stupid. I could have been quicker, but I didn’t expect to be fast,” Pajari summed up.

Rovanperä, who had to retire on Saturday, revealed a rather no-frills plan of his own. His focus is already on the afternoon stages.

“We’re just trying to get to the Power Stage and then we’ll see what we can do there,” Rovanperä said.

In the overall standings, Tänak’s lead remains solid. The Estonian now leads the rally by 45.4 seconds over Ogier. In terms of Super Sunday points, Tänak leads Ogier by 1.8 seconds.

Three more special stages remain to be run on Sunday at Rally Greece.

Standings in Rally Greece after SS14/17:

POS	Driver	Car	Time
1.	Ott Tänak	Hyundai	3:17.36.9
2.	Sebastien Ogier	Toyota	+45.4
3.	Adrien Fourmaux	Hyundai	+2:32.1
4.	Elfyn Evans	Toyota	+3:04.4
5.	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai	+4:17.7
6.	Oliver Solberg	Toyota	+7:56.8

Super Sunday standings:

POS	Driver	Car	Time
1.	Ott Tänak	Hyundai	21:05.2
2.	Sebastien Ogier	Toyota	+1.8
3.	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai	+17.6
4.	Elfyn Evans	Toyota	+18.3
5.	Adrien Fourmaux	Hyundai	+24.1