Tour of Corsica 2018
11h
The crews now head to the Piedigriggio – Pont de Castirla special stage, 13,55km long. The special should start from 11:09 a.m.
10h
Kopecky (Skoda) set the provisional best time in WRC 2 with a time of 33'52″1. Bonato follows just 3 tenths behind at the wheel of the new Citroën C3 R5. Veiby completes the provisional top three at 18s after committing a spin. Loubet (Hyundai) is in 5th place behind Andolfi (Skoda) almost half a minute from the head of the category. Lefebvre (Citroën), on the other hand, finished more than a minute behind.
10h
The SS1 of the Tour de Corse, the 49,03km of La Porta – Valle di Rostino, has already stretched the WRC peloton with very significant gaps. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) set a great time by completing the course in 31'53''8. Only Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) was able to finish less than ten seconds (9''7) behind, with Ott Tänak (Toyota) following 18 seconds behind!
Some drivers have already lost a lot of time at the front of the race. Kris Meeke (Citroën) followed 19 seconds ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). Elfyn Evans (M-Sport) finished more than half a minute behind, ahead of the Hyundais of Dani Sordo and Andreas Mikkelsen by several seconds. The Toyotas of Esapekka Lappi and Jari-Matti Latvala failed by more than 43 seconds. Bryan Bouffier (M-Sport) followed at 50 seconds.
10h
Loeb reported upon arrival that certain portions were covered with earth from the passage of competitors.
10h
Bouffier is the slowest at the finish with 50”4 behind Ogier's scratch.
10h
Evans signs the 6th fastest time half a minute from the provisional scratch.
10h
Loeb kept the pace! The Citroën driver finished 9”7 behind Ogier with more than 8 seconds ahead of the next rider, Tänak.
10h
Sordo fails 36s behind Ogier. The Spaniard set the 5th provisional time, finishing almost 15 seconds behind his teammate Neuville.
10h
Lappi finished 43″2 behind, 3s better than his teammate Latvala. The two Finns nevertheless failed more than 20 seconds behind their teammate Tänak.
10h
Loeb does not perform miracles. The Citroën driver is on a good pace but he is still 10 seconds behind Ogier in the special.
10h
Tänak is closest to Ogier with 18 seconds behind. The Toyota driver leads Meeke by a second.
10h
Mikkelsen: “I spun at the start of the stage and lost a bit of pace after that. I'm pretty happy with my car. »
10h
The gaps are all the more surprising as Ogier does not seem to have been entirely comfortable in the special. Is this a psychological strategy to hurt your opponents a little more?
“I had a lot of trouble, I almost spun twice and I had to wait a long time before resuming acceleration in the hairpins. But I'm doing my best, that's for sure! »
- Sébastien Ogier (@SebOgier) April 6th
10h
The differences are incredible. Latvala is the slowest at the finish with 46″2 behind.
10h
Meeke finished 19s behind Ogier… The Citroën driver is nevertheless the closest to the provisional scratch!
10h
Mikkelsen is 39s behind Ogier at the finish! This is still 18 seconds more than the time of his teammate Neuville.
10h
Neuville finished more than 21 seconds behind Ogier from the first stage. “She’s moving in all directions,” the Belgian tells his teammate.
10h
Tänak is currently the 3rd fastest with 11s behind Ogier in 5th intermediate.
10h
Ogier finished with a time of 31'53″8 which could well be the scratch for this first SS.
10h
Meeke is now more than 8s behind Ogier at the 5th intermediate. Mikkelsen is more than 25 seconds behind!
