Rally Italy-Sardinia 2018
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The SS11 Monti di'Ala (28,52 km) will start at 9:32 a.m.
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In WRC2, Jan Kopecky (Skoda Fabia R5) is heading for the best time of SS10 in 8'30″1, 1″8 ahead of Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën C3 R5). The Frenchman remains the leader of the event in the category with a 12″2 lead over the Czech. Nicolas Ciamin (Hyundai i20 R5) remains third.
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Ott Tänak (Toyota) sets the best time on SS10 of the Rally Italy, the first special of this day on Saturday. The Estonian completed the 14,95 km on the program in 7'51"4 and is 1"4 ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai).
The Belgian, for his part, precedes his rival for victory Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport Ford) by 1″2, 2″6 behind Tänak. Neuville took the opportunity to come back to 17″7 overall against the reigning world champion.
Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyndai) sets the fourth fastest time in the special, ahead of Esapekka Lappi (Toyota). In the rally standings, the latter is nine tenths behind Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota), sixth in the ES, in the fight for the third step of the podium.
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Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) brings the official drivers to a close in this SS10. 3″1 behind Tänak for the Norwegian.
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Second driver to use the Rally 2 rule after Ott Tänak, Teemu Suninen (M-Sport Ford) failed 7″9 behind the Toyota driver.
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Ott Tänak (Toyota) took the best time in 7'51″4, 1″4 ahead of Neuville. The Yaris arrives at the stop point slightly damaged on its right side.
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“It’s too early to control at this stage of the event,” admits Ogier. I wasn't sharp enough. »
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Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport Ford) was slower than Thierry Neuville in this SS10. The Frenchman concedes 1″2 against the Belgian and achieves the second provisional time in 7’54″0. Neuville returns to 17″7 overall.
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Best provisional time for Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) in 7'52″8. The Belgian points out that portions retain stagnant water.
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Latvala does not improve Lappi's time. 7'58″2 for the ex-Volkswagen driver, who sees Lappi return to 0″9 after this 10th special! “Lappi got off to a good start,” admits Latvala. I had a good stage, but I was careful, and I watched out for the rocks. »
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Lappi admits to a small mistake in the final portion of the SS, but without much consequence for the former ERC champion.
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3″8 better than Ostberg for Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) at the end of this SS10 completed in 7’54″7 by the Finn.
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Mads Ostberg (Citroën) took the best time in 7'58″5 and increased his lead to 5″5 in his duel with Hayden Paddon. “It's good to beat Hayden on this stage, because it's called New Zealand. » comments the Norwegian mischievously.
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“It's a bit muddy towards the end but the conditions are nice,” comments Paddon. A jump gave us a good shock but everything is fine. »
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Provisional best time for Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) in 8'00″8, 3″8 better than Evans.
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Craig Breen does not improve Elfyn Evans' time by falling 2″5 behind the Briton's performance of 8″07″1.
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Evans finished in 8'04″6. “It wasn't too bad, but there were a few tricky spots with still standing water. » comments the M-Sport Ford driver.
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Conditions from the stages this morning. Still not #jumpinginthedust but more @Rally_d_Italia mood with blue sky. @OfficialWRC pic.twitter.com/j9z5H1j3mL
— Rally ItaliaSardegna (@Rally_d_Italia) June 9, 2018
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The Briton opens the road after losing time yesterday following damaged steering on SS2.
Craig Breen (Citroën) joined Evans in the SS.
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Elfyn Evans (M-Sport Ford) started this SS10 in bright sunshine.
