Surprise leader Solberg pulls ahead of Tänak and Neuville in afternoon Estonia stages

Saturday brings the busiest day of Rally Estonia, featuring nine stages totaling 125.76 kilometers. The day begins at 8:23 a.m. local time with Raanitsa 1 (21.45 km), followed by Kanepi 1 (17.43 km) at 9:16 a.m.

Both stages will be repeated at 10:54 a.m. and 11:47 a.m., respectively, before the midday service. After the service, there will be two passes of Otepää (11.15 km) at 3:05 p.m. and 5:35 p.m. and Karaski (11.97 km) at 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

The day concludes at 7:51 p.m. with the second running of Tartu Vald (1.76 km), which marked the start of the rally on Friday.

According to Sportal, the Swede held an 8.5-second lead over Tänak after the morning stages, and further stretched it by 3.9 seconds in the afternoon. He ended the day 12.4 seconds ahead of the Hyundai driver, who in turn holds a 1.8-second advantage over teammate Thierry Neuville.

Fourth, 20.1 seconds off the lead, is three-time defending Rally Estonia champion Kalle Rovanperä, who sits 9.7 seconds ahead of Adrien Fourmaux.

After struggling in the morning, the Frenchman made some setup changes to his Hyundai during the midday service, which allowed him to overtake Takamoto Katsuta and Elfyn Evans in the afternoon stages. Fourmaux claimed a stage win in the first pass of Kambja.

Katsuta and Evans run sixth and seventh, respectively, ahead of Sami Pajari, Mārtiņš Sesks, and Joshua McErlean, who complete the top 10.

Sesks found the pace expected of him in Estonia during the afternoon stages, overtaking and pulling away from M-Sport teammate McErlean by 18.6 seconds. The British team's third driver, Grégoire Munster, sits 11th, 10.6 seconds behind McErlean.