Rally Turkey 2019
The 2019 Rally Turkey Power Stage, second pass on the Marmaris ES, will begin at 12:18 p.m.
Note in this special, the very good 6th time of Kalle Rovanperä (Skoda Fabia R5 Evo).
Rebound in WRC 2 Pro! Gus Greensmith (Ford Fiesta R5) rolled over after crossing the finish line of the special! The driver and his teammate Elliot Edmondson are fine but the car is heavily damaged.
Sébastien Ogier finished this SS16 in 11'07″8, 6″5 behind Mikkelsen. The Frenchman now has a 19″9 lead over Lappi before the Power Stage.
20″7 dropped by Lappi on this SS, following his error.
Provisional best time for Andreas Mikkelsen in 11'01″3, 0″3 ahead of Latvala, and above all 7″8 ahead of Suninen. The Norwegian from Hyundai has a 31″ lead over Suninen before the Power Stage.
Error for Esapekka Lappi in this SS16. The Finn lost several seconds to put his Citroën C3 in the direction of travel.
Suninen concedes 7″5 on Latvala’s best time. Let's see Mikkelsen's time...
It's the Mikkelsen – Suninen fight for the podium, but the Hyundai driver hit hard in the final SS, beating his M-Sport Ford rival by almost 10″.
11'04″3 for Dani Sordo (Hyundai) 2″7 behind Latvala.
One more stage to go today. #TOYOTA #YarisWRC #RallyTurkey #WRC #TGR_WRC #ToyotaGAZOORacing #Rallying pic.twitter.com/fGQq4bykmA
- Toyota GAZOO Racing WRT (@TGR_WRC) September 15, 2019
Latvala (Toyota) took the provisional best time in 11'01″6, 13″1 ahead of Meeke.
Teemu Suninen (M-Sport Ford) appears to have lost his Fiesta WRC's diffuser earlier this morning.
Suninen lost diffuser first stage this morning, in watersplash. #wrclive #WRC @Becsywecsy @OfficialWRC
Picture: Sander Ilvest/Postimees pic.twitter.com/f0Qx97xrah
— Aleks L (@alekslesk) September 15, 2019
Kris Meeke (Toyota) takes the provisional best time in 11'14″7.
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) finished the SS 33″9 behind Tidemand.
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) is also on a slower pace to manage his tires.
First significant time for this SS16 for Pontus Tidemand (M-Sport Ford) in 11'15″5.
Ott Tänak (Toyota) finished his morning walk in 12'48″3. The championship leader will attack in the Power Stage.
Ott Tänak is still in action at a senator's pace, to preserve his medium tires before the Power Stage.
The start of SS16 was given at 10:09 a.m.