The SS15, Monti di Ala' 2, 28,52 km long, will start at 17:02 p.m.

Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport Ford) set the best time in the 14th special of the Rally Italy – Sardinia, over the 14,95 km of Coiluna – Loelle 2. The Frenchman especially took advantage of this to regain a little margin on Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), victim of a puncture at the very end of the race, and who concedes 3″9 on the world champion.

In the general classification, Ogier now has a 6″8 lead over Neuville. Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota), 6th time in SS14, sees Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) come back to 4″5 in the fight for the last step of the podium.

Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) remains fifth, almost 30″ behind Lappi, and 5″5 ahead of Mads Ostberg (Citroën). Craig Breen (Citroën) follows in the standings ahead of Jan Kopecky (Skoda Fabia R5), still leader in WRC2, and Martin Prokop (Ford Fiesta WRC).

Ott Tänak (Toyota) moved up to 10th overall ahead of Nicolas Ciamin (Hyundai i20 R5), still second in WRC2.

 SS 14 – Coiluna – Loelle 2 (14,95 km)

1. Ogier 7:42.8 2. Tänak +0.3 3. Mikkelsen +1.9 4. Lappi +3.4 5. Neuville +3.9 6. Latvala +4.2 7. Suninen +6.3 8. Paddon +10.0 9️ @MadsOstberg +10.6  @Craig_Breen +13.3#WRC #C3WRC pic.twitter.com/tRLStedkub

— Citroën Racing (@CitroenRacing) June 9, 2018

Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) took the third provisional time in 7'44″7, 1″9 behind Ogier.

6th provisional time for Teemu Suninen (M-Sport Ford) 6″3 behind Ogier. Suninen admits to some mistakes in the special.

7'43″1 for Ott Tänak (Toyota) who slots into second position, three tenths behind Ogier over these 14,95 km. “It’s a different story from this morning, there’s more grip. » analyzes the Estonian.

“It was a big attack,” comments Ogier. I was quite angry after the previous stages, especially since I stalled at the start of the last one. »

In the lead throughout the intermediate special, Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport Ford) set the provisional best time in 7'42″8, 3″4 ahead of Lappi. The gap to Neuville goes back to 6″8 after this SS14.

Thierry Neuville admits to having had a puncture “3 or 4 km from the finish, without knowing why. » The Belgian, however, signs the second provisional time in 7'46″7, 0″5 behind Esapekka Lappi.

And Latvala cannot do better than Lappi on this SS14. The former Volkswagen driver concedes 0″8 to his teammate and sees the former ERC champion fall back to 4″5 overall.

7'48″8 for Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) at the finish of this SS14. The Finn improves Paddon’s provisional best time by a full 4″. " It was good. A good attack. I was bothered by my dust at one point, I had to lose a second going into a ditch. »

Lappi was also faster than Latvala in the sections in the ES, in the fight for the podium.

Mads Ostberg (Citroën) in turn presents himself at the stop point. The Norwegian did not beat his rival Paddon's time in the fight for fifth place, falling short by six tenths. The gap between the two drivers is now 5″5 overall.

Elfyn Evans' (M-Sport Ford) time was corrected to 7'57″7. Breen finally finished in 7'56″1, 1″6 ahead of Evans and 0″8 behind Paddon.

Hayden Paddon (Hyundai), who was in the lead in the various sections, logically improves Breen's time in 7'55″3.

Breen admits he had to take his foot off because of the dust.

1″5 better for Craig Breen (Citroën) against Evans at the end of these 14,95 km.

Evans improves his morning time (8'04″6) by completing this SS in 8'00″0. “It's more slippery on hard tires. » comments the M-Sport driver

It's Craig Breen's (Citroën) turn to start the special. The Irishman is alone in the standings, more than 50″ from the fight between Ostberg (Citroën) and Paddon (Hyundai) for fifth place.

Evans started the special.