The Finn, who won in Poland last month, dominated this eighth round of the season in a Skoda Fabia R5. He took the lead on Friday morning and built a strong advantage over team-mate Pontus Tidemand. The pair measured their pace through the final two legs, with Lappi heading his Swedish colleague by 1min 41.0sec after 20 rollercoaster gravel stages covering 320km. It gave him a three-point lead over Jari Ketomaa, who missed the rally with an eye injury."I'm the happiest man here!" said Lappi. "Like in Poland it went exactly to plan. The only target was to push a bit on Friday and see how it goes. The others couldn't match our speed and we were able to cruise to the finish....
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