Former Group N World Champion Manfred Stohl, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer
Evolution, took victory in the third round of the FIA Production Car World
Rally Championship, Rally New Zealand. The Austrian’s victory marks a
hat-trick of PWRC wins for the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution this season.
Despite retiring in the final leg, Ralliart Italy driver "Dani"
Solà retains his lead in the series, now one point ahead of Jani Paasonen
and Toshihiro Arai.

The third leg of Rally New Zealand took 14 of the original 20 PWRC crews
157 kilometers south of Auckland to the service park in Raglan, base for
the day’s action. The route took in two loops of three stages, including
one of the most famous and scenic of the event, Whaanga Coast, which also
proved to be the scene of a host of accidents and retirements throughout
the field of contenders.

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