Having received Thursday’s opening stage and two on Saturday, Evans and co-driver Scott Martin took a lead of slightly below two minutes into Sunday.
Nevertheless, given the attritional nature of the rally, the Toyota Gazoo Racing duo opted for a security first method to the ultimate 5 levels.
They ceded 47 seconds on the ultimate day however nonetheless completed one minute 9.9 seconds forward of Tanak, with Thierry Neuville an extra two minutes 22 seconds adrift.
It meant Evans collected solely two Sunday factors, however with 25 for the rally victory it took his complete to 88, following victory in Sweden final month and a runners-up spot in January’s season-opening Rallye Monte Carlo.
Final yr’s championship winner Neuville has moved up from fourth place to second on 52 factors, with Tanak third on 49.
Northern Eire’s Josh McErlean loved blended fortunes within the third race of his first WRC season. He misplaced 29 minutes on Saturday’s opening run after breaking a steering arm on his Ford M-Sport Puma.
Nevertheless, McErlean and co-driver Eoin Treacy went on the ship their greatest efficiency in a Rally1 automotive with the second-best time on stage 15.
They positioned eleventh in Kenya and picked up one Tremendous Sunday level to stay in eleventh spot total.
Spherical 4 of the 14 race calendar is the Rally Islas Canarias from 24-27 April.
