Bryan Bouffier (M-Sport) retired in the second passage of Cagnano – Pino – Canari, SS8 of the Tour de Corse, while he was in tenth place. The winner of the 2013 edition encountered an engine problem.
Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) also had problems. On the attack, the Finn went off the road and lost several minutes after colliding with a tree. He was finally able to reach the finish with his Yaris WRC damaged on the right rear, but his car will not go any further today.
Damage to @JariMattiWRC on SS8 #tourdecorse #wrc #WRCLive pic.twitter.com/qofBc1e2yI
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) April 7th
Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) signed the provisional scratch (Sébastien's time Loeb remains unknown) with a time of 21'44''7. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) more than managed his lead by finishing 5''2 and taking back 3''4 from Kris Meeke (Citroën) and almost six seconds from Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). Elfyn Evans (M-Sport) finished three seconds behind the Belgian, gaining almost four seconds from Dani Sordo (Hyundai).
Sébastien Ogier now has a 47”7 lead over Thierry Neuville. The Belgian is only 2''5 ahead of Kris Meeke who has taken a second back Ott Tänak (Toyota), even if the Estonian is only three seconds behind the Citroën. Esapekka Lappi remains fifth ahead of Dani Sordo, while Elfyn Evans is less than a second behind the Spaniard. Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) climbs to eighth following Jari-Matti Latvala's error.
The French entered in WRC 2 suffered on this course. Yoann Bonato (Citroën), second in the standings, and Pierre-Louis Loubet (Hyundai), fourth, had to stop on the course.
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