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Ott Tänak (Toyota) scored his seventh scratch in ten stages at Rally Argentina. Despite the fog, the leader of the event completed the 16,02km of Los Gigantes – Cuchilla Nevada in 8'16''7 and was ahead of Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo (Hyundai) by around five seconds, separated by only three tenths. . Kris Meeke (Citroën) lost almost three seconds to the Belgian. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) set the fifth time, 11 seconds behind the benchmark, ahead of Esapekka Lappi (Toyota), Craig Breen (Citroën), Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai), Elfyn Evans and Teemu Suninen (M-Sport).

Ott Tänak now has a 34-second lead over Kris Meeke, who now only has a 3s lead over Thierry Neuville. Dani Sordo follows his teammate less than three seconds behind. Sébastien Ogier remains fifth, 5 seconds behind the Spaniard, ahead of Craig Breen by 15 seconds. Andreas Mikkelsen is still in seventh place but is only 11''3 ahead of Esapekka Lappi. Elfyn Evans and Teemu Suninen complete the Top 4.

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Another huge time for Tänak who improves Neuville’s time by 4″8. The Toyota driver who signs his 7th scratch in 10 SS and now has a 34s lead in the general classification against Meeke. “I'm not satisfied with the conditions but rather with the behavior of my car. »

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Meeke drops 2″7 to Neuville who is 3″5 off the provisional podium. “We got lost in the fog. This morning is going to be difficult. »

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Neuville beat his teammate Sordo by 3 tenths. The Belgian retains 3rd place while still having less than 3 seconds lead over the Spaniard overall. “We misunderstood each other on a jump with my co-pilot, I think I lost a little time. »

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Sordo improves Ogier's time by more than 6 seconds, but the Esoagnol is fighting for 3rd place with his teammate Neuville. “I wasted time, I’m not satisfied. I was in difficulty in the fog, I drove badly. »

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Ogier takes the provisional scratch, but his rivals are still a little faster. The M-Sport driver beat Lappi’s time by half a second. “The road was fast with this fog, it was complicated. »

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Breen is the closest to Lappi, finishing 1″8 off the provisional scratch. The Citroën driver occupies 6th position. “I’m really not comfortable behind the wheel. We worked on the differential, but I can't get smooth driving. »

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SS9 was stopped due to the stop of Marco Bulacia Wilkinson whose Fiesta R5 blocked the road. Fixed times should be given to drivers who were unable to compete in the special.

SS9 is suspended for the rest of the drivers due to the bad position of car 34 after his incident. Competitors will complete the SS in liaison

— Rally Argentina (@rallyargentina) April 28th

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Mikkelsen drops 3″8 to Lappi who is just over 3s behind in 7th position. “We hit an embankment coming out a little wide in the fog. »

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Lappi is ahead of Evans by 4″8 and now has a 16s lead over the Welshwoman, moving into 8th position. “The first stage of the day was good, but I lost a lot of time on this course because I wasn't confident. »

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Evans improves his teammate Suninen’s time by 6″2. The Welshman is in 9th place, 11s behind Lappi. “I missed a turn in the fog. »

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The fog is so dense that the cameramen struggle to film the cars.

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Suninen improves Al Qassimi’s time by more than 36 seconds. “The fog made things a little more complicated. We see nothing. » The M-Sport driver still occupies 10th position.

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Al Qassimi reached the finish in 9’15”5. The Citroën driver is moving towards 15th position.

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Al Qassimi finds himself in the fog present for 6km in this ES.

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