Sami Pajari admitted he had not realised he had made WRC history by winning Rally Paraguay, as well as put the Toyota driver firmly in the hunt for a maiden World Rally Championship title.

Pajari and co-driver Marko Salminen came through one of the most attritional rallies in recent memory to become the first crew in WRC history to claim their first three WRC wins back-to-back.

The Finnish pairing are enjoying an incredible run of form having finished inside the top seven in 10 of the past 11 rounds, including three wins and eight podiums.

After taking wins in Estonia, Finland and now Paraguay, Pajari is only 20