Ogier leads WRC Rally Japan 2025 after first full day of competitio...

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It was very fulfilled first day of action at last tarmac event of 2025 World Rally Championship season and two top works drivers experienced troubles - Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota) is out of overall win fight after he damaged the rear left suspension and lost some five minutes in the process, but later got to the service park where Toyota's mechanics repaired the car and he continued and finished day in 17th place. It will be a hard event for him as he shares 2nd place in the Championship standings with Seb Ogier and he should as much points as possible before heading to Saudi Arabia later this month.

Another casualty was Josh McErlean from M-Sport Ford who had tough accident at special stage three. Crew is OK and the car will be repaired, but at home in England. They retired the crew from event. M-Sport Ford holds hopes at Gregoire Munster as only left crew at event in Japan.

So, Seb Ogier leads the rally, in 1-2-3 Toyota lead. Japanese driver Takamoto Katsuta is in 2nd place (Hive account@driipam's hopes) and very close to the leader, while Championship leader Elfyn Evans holds 3rd place overall with gap of 10.2s behind a leader.