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Tanak to re-start in Mexico after reservoir swim

M-Sport's Ott Tanak will be able to re-start on Rally Mexico, despite having gone off and put his car into a lake on Friday in SS3. Tanak and co-driver Ragio Molder both extracted themselves from the car before it sank and the Cumbrian team then repaired the seemingly unsalvageable car that had been submerged for almost 10 hours. The work was completed in just three hours, with the mechanics changing the gearbox, fuel tank, turbo, cooling package, boost control valves, electronic components, brake components, front and rear suspension components as well as a number of cosmetic components. The team also repaired the engine block and drained the engine of excess water. The car was then...
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