Nasser Al Attiyah suffered some major tyre troubles ....
Juuso Nordgren retired after colliding with a spectator's car.
Bruno Magalhaes finished second in Cyprus.
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Kalle Rovanpera (below centre) has been flying even higher recently. He and Formula One driver, Valtteri Bottas, were invited by the Finnish Air Force to savour the delights of going even faster than usual, as passengers in a Hawk jet trainer.
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There was a close battle for the lead in the fourth round the German championship, Rallye Stemweder Berg.
It was between the Skoda drivers Dominik Dinkel and Christian Riedemann, and ended on the final stage when the leader, Dinkel, slid off the road and was stuck in a ditch. Second was the Peugeot 208 T16 of Marijan Griebel.
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The Agrotec Petronas Rally Hustopece, a championship round of both Czech Republic and Slovakia, was won by Jan Kopecky, a minute in front of the Slovakian Martin Koci.
It was Kopecky’s 21st successive Czech championship victory, unbeaten at home since Cesky Krumlov Rally in 2014!
Unfortunately Jan Dohnal’s ex-Hirvonen, Latvala and Mikkelsen 2006 Ford Escort WRC was completely destroyed on this event by fire.
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The top four, and seven out of eight finishers, were Skodas in the fifth round of the Finnish championship, Pohjanmaa Rally, headed by Teemu Asunmaa.
The rally was shortened after a sad fatal accident involving a lady spectator.
In nearby Norway the Aurskog Høland Rally, fifth round of their series, saw a Fiesta R5 one-two led by Frank Tore Larsen, ahead of Anders Grondal.
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