Tänak and Järveoja successfully defended their titles, adding their winning number to double figures. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, won the rally three years in a row.[6] Local youngster Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took their fourth consecutive victory in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the Russian crew of Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov won the wider WRC-2 class as well as snatching their first WRC point.[7]Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog took their second victory of the season in the junior category to regain the championship lead.[8]
The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro, Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of sixty-five entries were received, with eleven crews entered with World Rally Cars and thirteen entered the World Rally Championship-2. Three crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class. A further fourteen entries were received for the Junior World Rally Championship.
It was a drama-free Friday for front runners, with Jari-Matti Latvala took a narrow lead into the second leg.[15] However, the local Finn punctured his rear-left tyre in a right-hand corner, which dropped him down to third. Teammate Kris Meeke also ran into trouble at the same corner, but damage to the rear-left suspension forced the Northern Irishman retired from the day.[16] Despite re-entering the rally on the final day, he still had to retire as he stopped again when he hit a rock. Gus Greensmith's rally ended his rally on SS20 after crashing into a tree.[17]
The rally was easily won by Ott Tänak, who won his tenth rally in his WRC career as well as winning his 200th stage victory during the event.[6]
Defending WRC-2 winner Eerik Pietarinen crashed out at the very first of the day and was unable to continue.[18]Kalle Rovanperä was comfortable in the lead and collected his fourth straight WRC-2 Pro victory.[19][7]
Local driver Emil Lindholm led the category before he crashed out in the second stage.[18]Pierre-Louis Loubet led the class until the last stage of leg two, when he misheard a pace note and smashed into a tree.[19] Eventually, Nikolay Gryazin snatched his first victory of the class after a consistent weekend.[7]
Raul Badiu heavily crashed his Ford Fiesta R2, suffering two fractured ribs and a concussion. The Romanian was forced to retire from the rally and received medical treatment.[20]Roland Poom and Jürgen Heigl was the two major retirements in the second leg.[21]Dennis Rådström could have taken some good points from the event, but the crash in the penultimate stage means he was thirty-four points off the lead. Compatriot Tom Kristensson took the victory with eight stage victories to retake the championship lead.[8]
