Robert Kubica fastest to shakedown

He had recently announced that he wanted to first finish the rallies to progress and gain experience, but Robert Kubica is an attacker and proved it again this morning on the Sardinian roads of the shakedown of the Rally of Italy. After two passes, the Pole and his Ford Fiesta RS WRC were the fastest over the 3,28 km ahead of the three Volkswagen Polo R of Sébastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen (the latter having experienced a small problem with the fuel pressure sensor).

Behind this quartet, we find the returning Henning Solberg, back in the World Cup at the wheel of a Fiesta RS. He is ahead of the first Citroën DS3 of Kris Meeke and Thierry Neuville, first representative Hyundai. Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Fiesta), winner in 2012, finished 7th ahead of Mads Ostberg (Citroën DS3), well recovered from his thumb injury suffered in Argentina, and debutant Hayden Paddon (Hyundai i20). The ranking should no longer change.

The first special of this sixth round of the 2014 world championship will take place this evening with a super-special in Cagliari. The first car will set off at 21:08 p.m.

Shakedown Rally Italy ranking:

1. Robert Kubica – Maciej Szczepaniak (Ford Fiesta RS) in 3’35”4
2. Sébastien Ogier – Julien Ingrassia (VW Polo R) at 0″1
3. Jari-Matti Latvala – Miikka Anttila (VW Polo R) at 0″3
4. Andreas Mikkelsen – Ola Floene (VW Polo R) at 1″
5. Henning Solberg – Ilka Minor (Ford Fiesta RS) at 1″7
6. Kris Meeke – Paul Nagle (Citroën DS3) at 3″4
7. Thierry Neuville – Nicolas Gilsoul (Hyundai i20) at 3″5
8. Mikko Hirvonen – Jarmo Lehtinen (Ford Fiesta RS) at 4″4
9. Mads Ostberg – Jonas Andersson (Citroën DS3) at 5″1
10. Hayden Paddon – John Kennard (Hyundai i20) at 5″9
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