Hyundai Motorsport crew Ott Tanak and Martin Jarveoja safe after a big crash

Gap (France), 24 Jan 2020: Hyundai Motorsport crew Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja crashed during the fourth special stage of Rallye Monte-Carlo (SS4 Saint-Clément – Freissinières) on Friday morning.

The Estonians, driving the #8 Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, went off 9.2 kilometres into the 20.68km stage. The driver and co-driver were both able to exit the car on their own after the incident.

Tänak and Järveoja have been taken to hospital for precautionary medical checks, as is standard procedure following a crash of this nature.

Hyundai Motorsport will provide any further updates in its end-of-day rally report.

The crash video here. (courtesy Tomi T Twitter @T_Tuominen )