“Nothing is done yet,” said the 2024 world champion. “So far we have done the job, now we must finish. We know how not to do it [referring to his Croatia crash], now we should do it.”
The leaderboard underwent a severe shake up as third-placed Sami Pajari also suffered a puncture, and was forced to stop and change a wheel, which dropped the Finn to seventh overall.
It meant Toyota’s Oliver Solberg jumped to second while championship leader Elfyn Evans inherited third, ahead of Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux, who set the fastest time in stage 22.
Takamoto Katsuta took fifth, 14.2s ahead of Ogier, while Pajari, Dani Sordo, Martins Sesks and leading WRC2 runner Teemu Suninen rounded out the top 10.
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