FIA ERC Junior Under 27 graduate Jari Huttunen has scooped his first outright overall stage victory in the FIA European Rally Championship, winning stage eight of PZM Rally Poland.

PEUGEOT Rally Academy talent Laurent Pellier is the latest FIA European Rally Championship contender to be caught out by PZM Rally Poland’s tricky roads, a crash on stage six forcing his retirement.

Tom Kristensson and Efrén Llarena are duelling for first place in FIA ERC Junior Under 27 on PZM Rally Poland, after championship leader Mārtiņš Sesks rolled out of the lead this morning.

Nikolay Gryazin leads RZM Rally Poland both in the overall FIA European Rally Championship order and in FIA ERC Junior Under 28, with a swathe of young stars in R5 cars dominating the top 10.

Alexey Lukyanuk has spoken about the crash that put him out of PZM Rally Poland this morning, while co-driver Alexey Arnautov has confirmed they will not be restarting the FIA European Rally Championship counter due to damage sustained to their Ford Fiesta R5.

FIA ERC Junior Under 27 championship leader Mārtiņš Sesks has dropped from first to last on RZM Rally Poland after rolling over, while Sebastian Johansson is also out.

PZM Rally Poland has taken an early dramatic turn, as FIA European Rally Championship points leader Alexey Lukyanuk has crashed out on the Świętajno stage.

Łukasz Pieniążek’s return to the FIA European Rally Championship has come to an abrupt halt on stage three of PZM Rally Poland, crashing into a tree and retiring.

Dariusz Poloński is using experience gained competing in the FIA European Rally Championship’s ERC3 division in 2017 for his step up to R5 power for this season.

Leading drivers from the FIA European Rally Championship have leant their support to the FIA Action for Road Safety campaign.