WRC
Ogier under threat from Neuville in Italy
Leader this morning with more than 18″ ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport Ford) saw the Belgian driver come back on his heels at the end of the first loop of the day in Sardinia.
The Belgian had regained 1″2 on the first special of the day before Ogier responded in SS11 by ahead of the championship leader by 1″8, but the famous passage through Monte Lerno allowed Neuville to regain his lead. a 14″6 shot on the Frenchman.
Ogier, who admitted not having found the right rhythm in the 28,89 km of Monte Lerno, remains leader after this loop and after the mid-day super-special with 2″9 ahead of Neuville, who had taken 2 ″ additional on the brief route of Citta' di Ittiri.
La lutte pour la troisième place entre les pilotes Toyota Jari-Matti Latvala et Esapekka Lappi tourne pour le moment à l’avantage de Latvala, qui dispose de 5″3″ d’avance sur son équipier, alors que Lappi était un temps revenu à moins d’une seconde.
Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) took the lead over Mads Ostberg (Citroën) for fifth place, when Craig Breen (Citroën) remains in seventh place, more than 50″ from his teammate.
Jan Kopecky (Skoda Fabia R5) took advantage of suspension problems in SS11 from Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën C3 R5) to take control of the WRC2 category. The Czech is also in eighth place overall ahead of Martin Prokop (Ford Fiesta WRC) and Nicolas Ciamin (Hyundai i20 R5)
Eliminated from the race for victory yesterday, Ott Tänak (Toyota) took the scratch in SS10, while Teemu Suninen (M-Sport Ford), another loser from the day before, suffered a puncture in SS12.
O/A after SS13
1. Ogier
2. #Neuville +2.9
3. Latvala +40.5
4. Lappi +45.8
5. #Paddon + 1: 08.7
6. Ostberg +1:13.6
7. Breen +2:05.9#WRC #RallyItaliaSardegna pic.twitter.com/r6teZDIG74— Hyundai Motorsport (@HMSGOfficial) June 9, 2018
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