Wales Rally GB 2016
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The 2nd stage will conclude with the Cholmondeley Castle super special, 1,8km long, contested from 1,8km.
In JWRC, Martin Koci now has a lead of almost 2 minutes over Tempestini who encountered brake problems. Dubert gave up.
#JWRC after SS141 @Koci_M 2 Tempestini +1:46 (brakes problems)3 @Rosselyohan — @VDubert and Wagner retired
— Junior WRC (@JuniorWRC) 29th October, 2016
The summary of the special stages of the 2nd stage:
WRC – Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 2016: HIGHLIGHTS Stages 8-14: https://t.co/8HixyaahtM and @YouTube
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) 29th October, 2016
The ranking after SS15:
One more stage left to run today. Here's the top 10 from SS15 and O/A with #Neuville and #Paddon in close battle for 3rd. #HyundaiWRC #WRC pic.twitter.com/9ntegJfZfm
— Hyundai Motorsport (@HMSGOfficial) 29th October, 2016
Esapekka Lappi still controls his leading position in WRC 2. The Finn is now 54 seconds ahead of his compatriot Teemu Suninen.
Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) put an end to the attacks of Ott Tänak (Ford) in a special stage. The leader of Wales Rally GB signed the scratch by completing the 13,91km of Aberhirnant in 7'29''3, taking seven seconds from the Dmack driver. With 6 seconds behind the reference, Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) was closest to the Frenchman and took a second from his teammate Thierry Neuville.
Sébastien Ogier has almost 32 seconds ahead of Ott Tänak. Thierry Neuville still has more than 13 seconds ahead of Hayden Paddon.
Latvala: “I didn't do this special last year and there were a few sections that I didn't really know. »
Lefebvre ranked 4 tenths behind Camilli but the Citroën driver maintains more than 37s over the M-Sport driver.
The provisional classification of SS15:
SS15:OgierPaddonLatvalaNeuvilleTanakMikkelsenMeekeOstberg#wrc #WRGB pic.twitter.com/Of4mYrNl03
— Michelin Motorsport (@Michelin_Sport) 29th October, 2016
Camilli is 20 seconds behind Ogier and 3″2 behind his teammate Ostberg. The Frenchman is still in 10th place.
Neuville: “This special went well. I had had some scares on this course in the past and I didn't want to take any risks. »
Meeke loses another 9s on Paddon and is 41s behind the Hyundai driver. The Briton must remain careful since he no longer has a spare wheel after his two punctures this morning.
Tänak marks time in this special by only setting the 5th provisional time, 7s behind Ogier. The Frenchman now has a 31″8 lead over the Dmack driver.
Ostberg loses around ten seconds to Latvala and now only has a 7s lead over Latvala to maintain his 7th place.
Latvala signs the 3rd provisional time, 6″6 behind Ogier and 8 tenths behind Paddon. The Finn threatens Ostberg for 7th place.
Ogier: “I constantly attacked today. The tires held up well even if they were a little too hard for the conditions. I'm doing what I can and we'll see if it's enough. »
Sordo is still the slowest at the finish, 10 seconds behind Mikkelsen. The Spaniard is still 6th.
Paddon takes a second back from Neuville by setting the 2nd provisional time and comes back to just under 14 seconds behind the Belgian.
Neuville finished 6″9 behind Ogier, ahead of Mikkelsen by a little more than a second. The Belgian remains threatened by his teammate Paddon for 3rd place.