Tanak will head into Sunday’s final four stages with an 8.2s advantage over Evans, after long-time later Neuville crashed out of the day’s penultimate stage.
Toyota’s Esapekka Lappi managed to navigate through the Saturday’s tricky asphalt stages in third after defending event winner Neuville’s demise, but the Finn is some 1m09.8s adrift of the lead two.
