Rally of Catalonia 2016
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Prtokop's retirement was confirmed after the Czech tore off a wheel on SS17.
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The first crews set off from Pratdip. Ogier signed the scratch in the first pass in 1'10″58.
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Another photo of Prokop's wheel loss:
Bang! @ProkopOfficial @OfficialWRC @RallyRACC #atworldneverstops pic.twitter.com/WF8pPMs9cR
— @World (@ALavadinho) 16th October, 2016
09h
The second passage of the last stage of the RACC will start from 10:39 a.m.
08h
Kopecky dropped 8 tenths to Tidemand, who returned to 10″1 behind the WRC 2 leader in 8th place in the general classification.
08h
While Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen) took the scratch in the 12,1km of Duesaïgues which will serve as Power Stage in the second pass of the last stage of the Rally of Catalonia, his teammate Sébastien Ogier was the closest in ranking two tenths. The RACC leader gained another 4”3 over Dani Sordo (Hyundai). Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) maintained his lead over his teammate Hayden Paddon by setting the same time as the New Zealander who finished 3”9 behind the benchmark.
Sébastien Ogier has a 12''7 lead over Dani Sordo before joining the group which precedes the second passage. Thierry Neuville maintains a lead of 13”4 over Hayden Paddon. Mads Ostberg (Ford) still completes the top five ahead of Ott Tänak (Ford), and Kevin Abbring (Hyundai).
08h
Ogier finished 2 tenths behind Latvala and took 4″3 from Sordo. His lead at the end of the first pass over the Spaniard is now 12″7.
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Sordo finished 6 tenths behind Paddon and Neuville. “I didn't want to take all the risks in this special. »
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Prokop in front of his Ford with a torn off right front wheel:
#wrc #racc @ProkopOfficial no power stage for Martin pic.twitter.com/1smqmzRVhF
— Markus Nousiainen (@markusnou) 16th October, 2016
08h
Neuville achieves the same time as Paddon and maintains a lead of 13″4 over his teammate. “It was still complicated in places. We try to manage to keep our place. »
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Paddon is the closest to Latvala with 3″9 behind. The Hyundai driver is battling with his teammate Neuville for 3rd place.
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Ostberg sets the 4th provisional time, 13s behind Latvala. The M-Sport driver ranks 5th. “I would have chosen the hard tires for this special. »
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Tänak set the 3rd provisional time, 10″3 behind Latvala. The Dmack driver is 6th.
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Abbring sets the same time as Camilli, 15”1 behind Latvala. The Hyundai driver is 7th.
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Prokop reaches the finish with a missing wheel on the front right. The Czech lost 1'30 after going off the road and is in danger of giving up while he is in 8th place ahead of Kopecky, the stage only comprising one regroup.
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Bertelli signs the 4th provisional time, 3″5 behind Camilli.
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Breen is the closest to Latvala with 4″7 behind. The Irishman is only aiming for possible bonus points in the Power Stage after his retirement in the 2nd stage.
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Al Qassimi ranks 15s behind Camilli and is ahead of Gorban by more than 16s.
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Gorban finished 46″5 behind Latvala.
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Pilots are no longer handicapped by low visibility. The day has risen above Catalonia.
