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Mikkelsen new leader in Türkiye, Ogier keeps his chances

The Rally of Turkey experienced many upheavals, notably the retirement of Thierry Neuville and the mechanical problems of Sébastien Ogier which benefited Andreas Mikkelsen.

Published on 15/09/2018 à 11:25

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Mikkelsen new leader in Türkiye, Ogier keeps his chances

What a morning in Türkiye! The general classification of the event was completely shaken up after the leaders saw their horses suffer in the rough special stages of this new event.

While Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) était en tête, le Belge a abandonné à l’issue de l’ES8 après avoir cassé sa suspension avant. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) a récupéré les commandes et semblait bien parti pour réaliser une excellente opération au Championnat, mais le quintuple champion du WRC suffered the same fate by breaking a wishbone on the following route.

 

Le Français a eu malgré tout plus de chance dans son malheur puisqu’il a été en mesure de réparer sa Ford Fiesta WRC. S’il a écopé d’une minute de pénalité pour avoir pointé avec 6 minutes de retard au départ de l’ES10, il a pu se maintenir à moins de 8 secondes du podium provisoire complété par les Toyota byOtt Tänak and Jari-Matti Latvala grouped together in less than 3 seconds.

 

Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) took advantage of the misfortunes of his rivals to take control of the Rally of Turkey now benefiting from more than half a minute ahead of his pursuers. The Norwegian is aiming for his first WRC victory here since the 2016 Rally Australia which he competed in with Volkswagen.

Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) finds himself in 5th position ahead Craig Breen (Citroën) who gained a place following the exit of Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) in SS10. Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) follows in 7th place.

 

 

While Jan Kopecky (Skoda) once again dominated WRC 2, the Czech lost around 2 minutes in SS10. Chris Ingram (Skoda) thus regained the lead of the category with more than a minute in advance.

The second pass of the second stage of Rally Turkey is scheduled to start from 12:24 p.m.

 

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