Rally Germany 2019
11h
The crews are now preparing for the Dhrontal Power Stage which should start from 12:18 p.m. Latvala was the fastest in the first passage, completing the 11,69km in 7'35″1.
11h
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) scored a new scratch on the second pass of Grafschaft, the penultimate special stage of the Rally Germany. The Belgian took back almost 6 seconds from his teammate Dani Sordo. Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) followed more than 7 seconds ahead of Sébastien Ogier (Citroën).
Kris Meeke (Toyota), Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and Esapekka Lappi (Citroën) finished a dozen seconds behind. The Finn from Citroën took back almost 3 seconds from Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai). Ott Tänak (Toyota) manages his lead by finishing less than 2 seconds behind his Northern Irish teammate.
Ott Tänak has a 25-second lead over Kris Meeke heading into the Power Stage. Jari-Matti Latvala keeps 3rd place with around ten seconds ahead of Dani Sordo who still has 15 seconds ahead of Thierry Neuville. Esapekka Lappi took back 6th position from Andreas Mikkelsen by less than 2 seconds. Sébastien Ogier remains 8th ahead of Gus Greensmith (M-Sport) and Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota).
Éric Camilli (Ford) finished tied with Jan Kopecky (Skoda), finishing around ten seconds behind Kalle Rovanperä (Skoda). The Frenchman remains 37 seconds behind the Czech in the lead of WRC 2 Pro.
10h
Tänak ranks 14s behind Neuville and drops less than 2s to his teammate Meeke to still have a 25s lead over the Northern Irishman before the Power Stage. “We control our lead. »
10h
Meeke is on the same pace as his teammate Latvala, ahead of him by 4 tenths. The Northern Irishman remains 2nd with around fifteen seconds ahead of the Finn.
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Latvala fails 6 seconds behind Sordo but maintains around ten seconds ahead of the Spaniard. “I'm going to have to review my grades for this SS because they're not great. »
10h
Sordo failed almost 6s behind his teammate Neuville. The Spaniard still has a little more than 15 seconds ahead of his teammate in the general classification. “I lost a little time in a dirty part in the middle of the stage. »
10h
Neuville raises the tone with more than 7 seconds ahead of Suninen's time. The Belgian still occupies 5th place. “We had another good SS. I like this course which is demanding. We'll see what we'll do with Sordo. »
10h
Mikkelsen failed 2″8 behind Lappi and slipped back to 7th place, 1″8 behind the Citroën driver. “The stakes are not that high. We'll see for the next ES. »
10h
Lappi ranks 5″3 behind the benchmark but seems faster than Mikkelsen and could recover 6th place against Mikkelsen.
10h
Ogier is closest to Suninen with 1″3 behind. The right rear rim of the C3 WRC is slightly damaged.
10h
Greensmith failed almost 14 seconds behind his teammate Suninen. The Briton remains 9th. “Everything is going well, we are enjoying it. The weekend was still difficult. »
10h
Katsuta ranks almost 27s behind Suninen, still in 10th position.
10h
Suninen clocked 16'16″0, improving his personal time by 11 seconds and Neuvill's scratch achieved in the first pass by 2 tenths. “The road is more cleaned. »
10h
Neuville leads the Citroëns by a tenth in the first partial. Ogier is ahead of Suninen again with more than a second ahead in the 3rd partial.
10h
Ogier is now more than a second behind Suninen in 2nd intermediate.
10h
Ogier and Lappi are on the same pace with 4 tenths ahead in the first partial against Suninen.
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Suninen sets off in the penultimate ES of the event.
10h
Camilli set the provisional reference time for WRC 2 Pro by beating Rovanperä by almost 4 seconds in SS17 while Kopecky failed by almost ten seconds. The Frenchman is still more than 36 seconds behind the Czech at the head of the category.
10h
The first crews are waiting at the start of the second 28km Grafschaft passage. Neuville was the fastest there at the start of the morning with a time of 16'16″2. The departure was delayed.
