Hot and dusty gravel mountain roads near León took a heavy toll on the field in the WRC's principal support category and after ending the opening leg more than seven minutes clear, Suninen measured his pace through the rest of the rally.As the problems increased for others, the Finn avoided issues and eventually brought his Skoda Fabia R5 to the finish 20min 11.6sec ahead of Poland's Hubert Ptaszek, who netted a career-best result in a Peugeot 208 T16."It wasn't easy today but the plan was to keep the car on the road. Other drivers had problems and made mistakes and hopefully we can fight with Elfyn Evans during the season," said Suninen.Evans won in Monte-Carlo and Sweden and...
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