Sami Pajari claimed back-to-back World Rally Championship wins with an emotional home victory in a drama-filled 75th-anniversary edition of Rally Finland.
After securing a maiden WRC win in Estonia two weeks ago, Pajari and co-driver Marko Salminen produced a faultless drive in hugely challenging conditions to take a second career WRC win by 26.7s from Toyota team-mate Oliver Solberg, who had to fight back against pain on Sunday.
Championship leader Elfyn Evans completed the podium after recovering from a roll in stage 14.
“It feels simply amazing. I don’t know what to say. It was a big thing to take a first w
