Germany-SS4: Mikkelsen hits hard, Sordo goes off the road

Published on 18/08/2017 à 12:32

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Andreas Mikkelsen (Citroën) made the talk on SS4 Rally d’Allemagne. Le pilote norvégien a signé le meilleur temps absolu en 10’50″3 (son premier scratch de l’année) et devance de 7″4 Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) et de 7″8 Sébastien Ogier (Ford).

But above all, by preceding Ott Tänak (Ford) by 9″, the former Volkswagen driver took control of the race with a 4″8 margin over the Estonian driver and 8″8 over Sébastien Ogier. Elfyn Evans (Ford) is in fourth place at 13″2, ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), toujours contraint de piloter avec beaucoup de sous-virage sur sa i20 après son passage hors-trajectoire dans l’ES3 et les dégâts occasionnés sur sa monture.

The Toyotas of Lappi and Hänninen follow in the standings ahead Craig Breen (Citroën), victim of a collision with a wall, and Hayden Paddon (Hyundai), who conceded 50″ in this sector after a puncture on the front right. But the main victim remains Dani Sordo (Hyundai), who went off the road at the very start of the sector.

En WRC-2, Yoann Bonato (Citroën DS3 R5) achieves the best time in 11'21″5. The Frenchman moved up to third position in the category overall, 12″3 behind Jan Kopecky (Skoda Fabia R5), still leader with 4″1 over Pontus Tidemand (Skoda Fabia R5).

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