Stars of the FIA World Rally Championship have marked their arrival in Australia ahead of next weekend’s final round – the 2019 Kennards Hire Rally Australia – by visiting Sydney’s famed Taronga Park Zoo.
Toyota’s Kris Meeke (Northern Ireland), M-Sport Ford’s Teemu Suninen (Finland) and Citroёn’s Esapekka Lappi (Finland) cosied up with a number of native Australian animals at Taronga Park Zoo’s Institute of Science and Learning, before travelling on to Coffs Harbour to begin their preparations for the rally, which starts on Thursday.
With Estonian Ott Tänak securing the drivers’ title in the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship at the penultimate rally in Spain, Kennards Hire Rally Australia will see the fight for second intensify with Neuville fending off Citroёn’s six-time champion Sébastien Ogier for runner-up by 10 points.
Toyota Kris Meeke gets a happy snap of an Aussie koala.
Kris Meeke, Esapekka Lappi and Teemu Suninen with a baby wombat.
Will the rally run? Read more here:
https://rallysportmag.com/terrifying-tuesday-could-put-rally-australia-at-risk/
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