TRIER: Estonia’s Ott Tänak claimed victory on the Rally of Germany’s opening super-special stage on Thursday and then blasted the conditions as “terrible”.
Tänak, who won last time out on the Rally of Finland, took his Toyota to a 0.4-second lead over Dani Sordo in a Hyundai and 0.5 seconds ahead of Škoda’s Jan Kopecký as the championship moved back to asphalt after four races on gravel.
“It was terrible, never had that bad a SSS,” tweeted Tänak.
“It’s tight for these cars and there’s so much understeer. I guess it must be the same for everybody because it really is terrible.”
Tänak is third overall in the world championship after eight rounds.