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The Power Stage contested in the Santa Marina special (14,5km) will be contested from 12:18 p.m. and will be broadcast live on the L'Équipe channel. Meeke took the scratch in the first pass with a time of 8'09″5.
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Suninen retains the lead in WRC 2 with a lead of around 35 seconds over Kopecky. Guerra still follows at a good distance.
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The provisional classification of SS18:
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Kris Meeke (Citroën) scored his fifth consecutive scratch at the Rally de Catalunya by completing the 18km Riudecanyes SS16,35 in 10'19''5. Dani Sordo (Hyundai) almost put an end to the Northern Irishman's series, but the Spaniard failed by two tenths. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) followed at 1”1, gaining 2”1 from his teammate Ott Tänak.
Kris Meeke has a 27”3 lead over Sébastien Ogier before entering the Power Stage. Ott Tänak lost contact a little with the Championship leader, trailing 4''4 behind the Frenchman.
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Mikkelsen achieves the 6th provisional time, 7s behind Meeke's scratch. The Hyundai driver is in 20th place. “We found the radio after having problems. We still suffer from understeer. We will continue as we did for the Power Stage, but I need more time to aim for points in this special. »
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Sordo almost snatched the scratch from Meeke, but the Hyundai driver failed 2 tenths from the benchmark. The Spaniard is in 17th place. “It would be nice to save points in the Power Stage, but this weekend will be disappointing anyway. »
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Meeke could well sign his 5th consecutive scratch. The RACC leader set a time of 10'19"5 where he was still ahead of Ogier by 1"1 to increase his lead over the M-Sport driver to 27"3. “It’s really nice to ride in these conditions. I'm not going to go all out for points in the Power Stage. »
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Ogier improves the benchmark with a 2″1 lead over his teammate Tänak. The Frenchman now has a 4″4 lead over the Estonian in the standings before the Power Stage. “We can still lose this lead. We will try to get a few more points in the last SS, but we will not take all the risks. »
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Tänak improves the benchmark to 10'22″9 but Ogier seems faster than the Estonian while the two M-Sport drivers remain in the fight for 2nd place. “It’s very important to finish. I hope to collect big points. »
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Hänninen took the provisional scratch with a time of 10'23″9 where he improved the previous performance by 4″7. The Toyota driver is just off the provisional podium.
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Ostberg achieves the same time as Lefebvre. The private driver is in 5th place, 17 seconds ahead of the Citroën driver.
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Lefebvre improves the benchmark with a time of 10'28″6, almost 6s better than Evans. “I must have lost around 4 seconds due to hydraulic problems which always slow me down. I also lost the radio and drive with my eyes only. » The Citroën driver is on the verge of the top 5.
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Evans improves Al Qassimi's time by almost 20 seconds with a time of 10'34″5. The Dmack driver is in 7th place.
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Al Qassimi completed the special in 10'53″4. The Citroën driver is in 16th place.
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The special started 14 minutes late. The cars set off with 2 minutes intervals.
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Al Qassimi set off on the penultimate special stage of the RACC.
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Suninen is still racing in WRC 2 at the end of SS17, maintaining a lead of 36 seconds over Kopecky. Guerra follows on the provisional podium several minutes away. Loubet is near the top 10 in the general classification while his compatriot Camilli, still slowed down by his mechanical problems, occupies 13th place, 28 seconds behind Guerra.
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The start of SS18 was delayed by a few minutes. Car zero is still in the special.
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Ogier can be content to ensure now. The M-Sport driver should increase his lead over Neuville to 35 points (not including bonus points from the Power Stage) if he maintains his 2nd place. With two rallies still on the program, a maximum of 60 units remain to be collected with the event victory and the Power Stage victory.
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The crews are preparing to compete in the second passage of Riudecanyes, 16,35km long. Meeke took the scratch in the first run in 10'20″2.
