Corsica-SS8: retirements of Bouffier and Latvala

Published on 07/04/2018 à 16:23

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Bryan Bouffier (M-Sport) a abandonné dans le second passage de Cagnano – Pino – Canari, l’ES8 du Tour de Corse, alors qu’il occupait la dixième place. Le vainqueur de l’édition 2013 a rencontré un problème moteur.

Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) a également eu des soucis. À l’attaque, le Finlandais est sorti de la route et a perdu plusieurs minutes après un choc contre un arbre. Il a finalement pu rallier l’arrivée avec sa Yaris WRC damaged on the right rear, but his car will not go any further today.

 

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) a terminé à trois secondes du Belge en reprenant près de quatre secondes à 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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