Rally Argentina 2018
19h
Ott Tänak (Toyota) signs his ninth scratch in 12 SS by completing the 13,92km of Tanti – Mataderos in 8'59''9 with a 2''2 lead over Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). Kris Meeke (Citroën) stays on the pace of the Belgian, finishing seven tenths behind. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) followed just over three seconds behind, ahead of Dani Sordo (Hyundai), Esapekka Lappi (Toyota), Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai), Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) and Elfyn Evans (M-Sport). ).
Ott Tänak now has a 44”4 lead over Thierry Neuville. Kris Meeke remains less than 11 seconds behind the Belgian. Dani Sordo remains fourth with a good lead over Sébastien Ogier. Andreas Mikkelsen is now more than 11 seconds behind the Frenchman. Elfyn Evans remains seventh ahead of Esapekka Lappi and Teemu Suninen.
Kalle Rovanperä (Skoda) still completes the Top 10 by occupying the lead in WRC 2 with more than 25 seconds ahead of Pontus Tidemand (Skoda).
18h
Tänak takes his 9th scratch in 13 SS with a 2″2 lead over Neuville. The Toyota driver has a 44″4 lead over the Belgian in the general classification.
18h
Meeke finished 7 tenths behind Neuville and remained less than 11 seconds behind the Hyundai driver.
18h
Neuville takes the provisional scratch from Ogier for a 1″3 lead. The Hyundai driver remains under pressure from Meeke to maintain 2nd place.
18h
Sordo is the closest to Ogier with 1″4 behind. The Hyundai driver is looking to get back on Meeke who completes the provisional podium.
18h
Ogier takes the provisional scratch with a 2″1 lead over Lappi. The M-Sport driver is almost 4 seconds behind Mikkelsen, who is now more than 11 seconds behind the Frenchman overall.
18h
Mikkelsen ranks 1″7 behind Lappi and is ahead of Evans by almost 8s. The Hyundai driver well protected his 6th place by ahead of the Welshman by almost 16s overall.
18h
Ogier is currently the fastest in the special. Mikkelsen also takes back time from Evans.
18h
Photos from the Rally Argentina:
#YPFRallyArgentina2018 y nada más!! / We love this rally! pic.twitter.com/EjGPnJY8SV
— Rally Argentina (@rallyargentina) April 28th
18h
Nice time from Lappi who improves Suninen's time by 7"9 and takes around ten seconds from Evans. The Welshman maintains a 20s lead over the Toyota driver who occupies 8th position.
18h
Evans ranks 1″5 behind his teammate Suninen. The Welshman is fighting with Mikkelsen for 6th place.
18h
Suninen improves Al Qassimi's time by almost 24 seconds. The M-Sport driver is still in 9th place.
18h
Al Qassimi finished with a time of 9'37″1. This is 37s more than Tänak's scratch this morning. The Citroën driver is 14th following the retirement of his teammate Breen.
18h
The strategies are quite similar, with most drivers opting for 5 soft tires. Only Ogier chose 4 soft and one hard. Evans left with 6 soft tires.
18h
Al Qassimi started again in the special. The second passage has just begun.
18h
Breen's Citroën too damaged to continue the rally after rolling over on SS11:
Craig Breen cannot be seized on the road and will not be authorized by the technical delegate. / Craig Breen is not able to race due to the technical decision.#YPFRallyArgentina2018 pic.twitter.com/89HYNXNBkP
— Rally Argentina (@rallyargentina) April 28th
18h
The times should change with the disappearance of the fog which seriously disrupted the crews this morning.
18h
The second stage of the Rally Argentina already resumes with the first 3 SS contested a second time.
Al Qassimi will relaunch in the 13,92km of Tanti – Mataderos from 18:23 p.m. Tänak took the scratch in the first run in 9'00"1.
