New round in Estonia and finale in Japan pile pressure on rally stars. If Ott Tanak thought he was going to have a relaxing start to his title defence, he was very much mistaken. First, he had the biggest accident of his life on the Monte Carlo Rally, wrecking his new Hyundai i20 Coupe. Then the Covid-19 pandemic came along, leaving him fifth in the standings with no chance to do anything about it. Finally, he heard the news last week that the WRC season would restart from 4-6 September in his home country of Estonia. No pressure, then, nor the opportunity to quietly keep his head down and get on with it.
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