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Ott Tanak h♏as taken an early advantage on the opening st🀅age of Rally Finland ahead of Rally Poland winner Thierry Neuville and World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Ogier.

The M-Sport♒ Ford driver is aiming to bounce back from a frustrating Rally Poland after being cruelly denied a fight for victory in the final day of action and began the Finnish round on the front foot with stage victory 1.1 second ahead of Neuville.

Ogier, who holds a slender 11-point advan𝓡tage over Neuville in the drivers' stanꦜdings, takes up third on the leaderboard ahead of Citroen Abu Dhabi WRT of Craig Breen.

Local star Jari-Matti Latvala takes up fifth on the times for Toyota Gazoo Racing with Hyundai's Ha🧜yden Paddon sixth in between fellow Finnish Toyota driver Juho Hanninen.

After topping Rally Finland's Shakedown, Kris Meeke is back in action for Citroen having been dropped for Rally Poland and is eighth after SS1 ahea♌d of fellow countryman Elfyn Evans as Dani Sordo ro🧸unded out the top ten.