Rally Argentina 2019
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Ott Tänak (Toyota) dismounted on the second pass of Mataderos – Cuchilla Nevada, the 14th special stage of the Rally Argentina. The Estonian who occupied second place in the general classification seems to have suffered a mechanical problem.
Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) scored his second consecutive scratch by completing the 22,67km in 11’44”4. Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) were the closest with 2 seconds behind, just ahead of Kris Meeke (Toyota) and the Hyundais of Andreas Mikkelsen and Dani Sordo. Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) remains further behind.
Thierry Neuville now has a 50 second lead over Andreas Mikkelsen who becomes his closest rival. Kris Meeke completes the new provisional podium a dozen seconds behind the Norwegian, ahead of Sébastien Ogier by 4 seconds. The Frenchman gained two positions by taking over Dani Sordo and taking advantage of the retirement of Ott Tänak. Jari-Matti Latvala finds himself 6th, a dozen seconds behind the Spaniard, ahead of Teemu Suninen. Mads Ostberg finds himself 8th in his C3 R5 at the head of WRC 2 Pro.
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Neuville finished 2s behind Ogier, achieving the same time as Mikkelsen. The Belgian can take a breather since he now has a lead of 50 seconds over his closest rival, his Norwegian teammate. “I saw Tänak’s car, I knew he had a problem… I did a good SS. »
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Ogier signs the best provisional time, 2 seconds ahead of Latvala. The Frenchman gained 2 places by taking over Sordo and taking advantage of Tänak's troubles and thus found himself at the foot of the provisional podium, 4s behind Meeke.
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Tänak is arrested in the special! The Estonian’s Toyota is parked on the side of the road! The Estonian was in 2nd place ahead of Mikkelsen!
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Meeke misses the provisional scratch by half a second behind his teammate Latvala. The Northern Irishman is more than 2s behind Mikkelsen and is less than 12s behind the Norwegian in the general classification.
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Mikkelsen is closest to Latvala with almost 3 seconds behind, ahead of his teammate Sordo by 6 tenths. The Norwegian remains well established in 3rd place. “These are very good conditions. »
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Sordo ranks 3″4 behind Latvala. The Hyundai driver is in 6th place. “I can’t go any faster. »
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Good time from Latvala which improves Suninen's reference by more than 14 seconds. The Toyota driver is still 7th. “It was a little wet this morning, but it’s completely dry now. »
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Suninen finished the special with a time of 12’00″6, 4 seconds behind Tänak’s scratch achieved in the first pass. The Finn in 8th place had some radio problems on the course.
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Latvala is, as usual, faster than Suninen. The Toyota driver was almost 3 seconds ahead of the Ford in the second half.
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The crews are preparing to compete in the 22,67km Mataderos – Cuchilla Nevada special. Suninen sets off on the course where Tänak was the fastest this morning with a time of 11’56”1.
