Rally Mexico 2017
18h
The Power Stage will be contested from 19:18 p.m. The Demarradero special offers a route of 21,94km. The special will be broadcast live on L’Équipe 21.
18h
Tidemand resumed in SS18 21s at Camilli. The Frenchman found himself 24″5 behind the Swede while the two drivers fought for tenths throughout the event.
18h
Here is the ranking after SS18:
After SS18 #RallyMexico MeekeOgier +37.2Neuville +1:23.4Tanak +2:38.2Paddon +3:46.1Latvala +4:56.0Hänninen +5:02.8Sordo +5:36.6#WRC
— Jari-Matti Latvala (@JariMattiWRC) March 12, 2017
18h
Tidemand is 14s ahead of Camilli in the 3rd sector. It gets complicated for the French.
18h
Here is the provisional classification for SS18:
#WRC #RallyMexico SS18 1 @krismeeke 21:53,7 2 OGI +6,3 3 @SLefebvreRallye +12,6 4 NEU +12,9 5 SOR +20,5 6 PAD +20,6 7 LAT +23,4 8 TAN +25,6 pic.twitter.com/U4Gbt54EBj
— Citroën Racing (@CitroenRacing) March 12, 2017
18h
Kris Meeke (Citroën) won the first of two special stages of the final stage of Rally Mexico. The leader of the event completed the 32,96km of La Calera in 21'53''7, regaining a lead of more than 6 seconds from his direct rival Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport). Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) followed at 13 seconds ahead of his teammates Dani Sordo and Hayden Paddon who were 20 seconds behind. Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) took back almost 7s from his teammate Juho Hänninen. Note the 3rd time of Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën) who restarted in Rally 2, finishing 12s behind his teammate.
Before the Power Stage, Kris Meeke has a 37'' lead over Sébastien Ogier. The top five remains unchanged with Thierry Neuville 2rd ahead of Ott Tänak (M-Sport) and Hayden Paddon. Jari-Matti Latvala regained some air on his compatriot Juho Hänninen by having a 3”6 lead. Dani Sordo remains 8th.
18h
Lefebvre set the 3rd time, 12″6 behind his teammate Meeke, ahead of Neuville by 3 tenths.
18h
Meeke takes the scratch with an impressive time of 21'53″7. The Citroën driver takes another 6”3 from the Frenchman who finds himself at 37”2 with a special stage to go.
18h
Lefebvre is also on a good pace. The Citroën driver is only a few tenths behind Ogier in the 3rd sector.
18h
Ogier improves the reference time with a time of 22'00″0, or 6″6 better than Neuville. The M-Sport driver should be snatched the scratch by Meeke who seems to be on an even faster pace.
18h
Tidemand is ahead of Camilli by more than 7s in the 1st intermediate. The fight for victory in WRC 2 is at stake.
18h
Meeke took the advantage by now having a 9s lead over Ogier in the 3rd sector.
Great atmosphere pic of @krismeeke on his way to SS18 by @NathalieRally pic.twitter.com/54WRJCOLmw
— Citroën Racing (@CitroenRacing) March 12, 2017
18h
Neuville improves the provisional scratch with a time of 22'06″6. That’s 7″6 better than Sordo. The Belgian remains well established in 3rd position.
18h
Meeke is half a second behind Ogier in the 2nd sector. No problems to report for the Citroën driver leading the Rally of Mexico.
18h
Tänak drops 5s to Paddon but maintains a lead of more than a minute over the Hyundai driver.
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Neuville is almost 9s ahead of Tänak in the 3rd sector. Ogier is almost tied with the Belgian in 2nd intermediate.
18h
Paddon failed to reach a tenth of Sordo's provisional scratch and was ahead of Latvala by 2″8. The New Zealander effectively protects his 5th place.
18h
Hänninen drops 6″5 to Latvala and finds himself 6″8 from 6th place.
18h
Lefebvre was not behind schedule. His recorded 20min delay was due to a timing error.
18h
Latvala returns 2″9 to Sordo at the end of SS18. The Toyota driver especially follows the progress of his teammate Hänninen who started 3 tenths behind.
