Kalle Rovanpera snatched the lead of Rally Chile from his Toyota Gazoo Racing teammate, Elfyn Evans, as dense fog engulfed Saturday afternoon’s stages, turning the battle for victory on the WRC’s South American foray on its head.

Kalle Rovanpera moved ahead of Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans to lead Rally Chile as thick fog turned the fight for the World Rally Championship victory on its head. The reigning world champion started Saturday in third but emerged through treacherous weather and incredibly poor visibility to head overnight leader Evans by 15.

In WRC2, by mid day, Solberg had the lead he needed to win the title in South America. Rossel was in second ahead of the Bulgarian Gryazin. Stage 11 was also not kind to the WRC2 runners. Solberg had a lengthy stop to change a tyre, dropping to fifth, 1m23.7 off the lead he’d just held. Gryazin popped up in the lead from Gus Greensmith and Rossel

Kalle Rovanpera groped through the fog and grabbed the Chile Rally lead from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans as the mist rolled off the Pacific late on Saturday.

Kalle Rovanperä has surged ahead of Elfyn Evans to take the lead of Rally Chile after a dramatic and fog-filled SS11, shaking up the standings in the 11th round of the World Rally Championship. Evans appeared to be in control,

A bittersweet morning for Toyota as Evans leads a 1-2 while team-mate Sebastien Ogier retires from Rally Chile

Rally Chile provides a bittersweet morning for Toyota as Evans heads a 1-2 after team-mate Sebastien Ogier retires