Sardinia Rally 2016
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Abbring has just taken the 2nd provisional time, 6″4 behind Neuville, ahead of Ogier by 3 tenths. The Hyundai driver who is ranked 19th appears to be the victim of an oil leak.
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Result and overall classicication after SS13. Our guys are still in 2nd, 3rd and 5th position. #RallyItaliaSardegna pic.twitter.com/vY9txniLpN
— Volkswagen Motorsport (@VolkswagenRally) 11th June 2016
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Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) achieved a great time in the 22,2 km of Monti di Ala, completing the special in 13'11''2 and gaining almost 11 seconds from his direct rival Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen).
Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) is currently closest to the Belgian with 6”7 behind. Dani Sordo (Hyundai) is around ten seconds behind. Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) took 1”4 back from Mads Ostberg (Ford). Ott Tänak (Ford) lost a minute on the lead of the race following a puncture. Éric Camilli (Ford) finished 12 seconds behind.
Thierry Neuville now has a 13”7 lead over Jari-Matti Latvala. Sébastien Ogier remains in third position with six seconds ahead of Mads Ostberg. The Norwegian benefits from a little breathing room against Andreas Mikkelsen who finds himself 11''5 from fourth place after receiving a ten-second penalty for leaving service one minute late. Dani Sordo remains sixth ahead of Ott Tänak, Henning Solberg and Éric Camilli.
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Camilli achieves the 6th provisional time, 12s behind Camilli's provisional scratch. Solberg's 8th place is still more than a minute away for the Frenchman. “The car continues to run well. »
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Neuville takes the scratch with a fantastic time of 13'11″2. Latvala failed at 10″8 and found himself 13″7 behind the leader. Everything has to be done again for the Finn. “I attacked pretty hard. The car was moving quite a bit, I feared a puncture, but it went well. »
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Tänak reached the finish of the special 53s behind Ogier. The Estonian should be able to maintain his 7th place ahead of Solberg despite his front left puncture.
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Tänak is slowed down by a puncture. The Estonian is in 7th place, one minute ahead of Henning Solberg.
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Latvala only sets the 3rd provisional time, 4″1 behind Ogier. The Finn must, however, attack to regain first place in Neuville. “I was too careful,” explains the VW driver.
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Sordo signs the 2nd provisional time, 3 seconds behind Ogier's provisional scratch. The Hyundai driver remains in 6th place, 20s behind Mikkelsen.
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Ostberg ranks 1″4 behind Mikkelsen and 5″7 behind Ogier. The M-Sport driver retains 4th place with an 11″ lead over his compatriot. »
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The gaps between the drivers increased to 3 minutes compared to 2 this morning. Ostberg is still expected while the Norwegian is 2″6 behind Mikkelsen in the 3rd sector.
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Mikkelsen drops 4″3 to Ogier. The Norwegian finds himself 17″5 from his teammate. “I am satisfied with my driving. »
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Ogier: “It wasn't great because the car oversteered quite a bit at times. »
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Ogier set a time of 13'17″9, 17 seconds better than Abbring's scratch during the first pass.
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Mikkelsen has lost ground since he is 4 tenths behind Ogier in the 2nd split.
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Mikkelsen is 8 tenths ahead of Ogier, but the Norwegian saw 3rd place slip away with his 10s penalty.
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Ogier started the special a quarter of an hour behind schedule.
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Mikkelsen received a 10s penalty for leaving service a minute late. The Norwegian retains his 5th place but finds himself 13s behind Ostberg.
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Strategies are more common for the second pass. All the drivers on Michelin shoes chose 5 hard tires except Ogier who took a soft tire in addition to the 4 hard ones.
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The special was delayed by around ten minutes. Ogier should start from 16:11 p.m.
