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WRC Rally of Turkey 2019 preview and free tips

Ott Tanak on course for title but Toyota teammate Latvala can impress

Jari Matti Latvala looks value in tough Turkey test
Jari Matti Latvala looks value in tough Turkey testCredit: Massimo Bettiol

Where to watch

Highlights on BT Sport, event starts 6.08pm Thursday

Best bet

J-M Latvala
1pt e-w 9-1 bet365

Rally preview

Survival is the name of the game in the Rally Turkey, the toughest event of the season for the cars and drivers.

The heat and unforgiving mountain gravel stages make reaching the finish a target in itself and a safety-first approach paid dividends for Ott Tanak when the event returned to the WRC calendar last season.

Tanak is the star of the show this year and has won four of the last five rallies. He is favourite to extend that sequence and has completed every event this season.

It would be understandable if he was cautious again with a 33-point lead over Thierry Neuville to protect, and with only four events left collecting solid points is the name of the game.

Tanak's Toyota teammate Jari-Matti Latvala has also avoided mechanical trouble this season - his lowest placings came when he was stuck in a snow drift in Sweden and rolled the car in Sardinia - and he could prove a sound each-way bet.

Latvala was runner-up in Turkey last season and was third in the last two rallies in Finland and Germany. The team tested in Greece before the German event to simulate this week's conditions.

Standings: 1 O Tanak 205, 2 T Neuville 172, 3 S Ogier 165, 4 K Meeke 80, 5 A Mikkelsen 79, 6 E Evans 78, 7 J-M Latvala 74.


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Phil AgiusRacing Post Reporter

Published on 11 September 2019inMotor Sports tips

Last updated 16:03, 11 September 2019

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