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Stories of 2015: Raising the Ti-Tänak

Story of 2015? Ott Tänak and Raigo Mõlder’s amazing escape from their Ford Fiesta RS seconds before it plunged to the bottom of a lake at Rally Guanajuato Mexico was one of the most remarkable in WRC history. Tänak was seventh after Thursday evening’s opening two tests but horror unfolded less than 3km into Friday morning’s Los Mexicanos stage. He lost control after hitting a compression and rolled down a steep embankment into the water. Onlookers gasped in amazement as the Estonians wriggled free seconds before the car plummeted to the bottom of the five metre-deep lake. Still wearing their crash helmets, they swam to safety, shocked but unhurt. “If you are in a lake, close to...
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