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The classification of SS2:
Times in SS2 #RallyItalia #TGR_WRC pic.twitter.com/60Du1MlruR
— Jari-Matti Latvala (@JariMattiWRC) 9th June 2017
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Kris Meeke (Citroën) took the scratch in SS2 of the Sardinia Rally by completing the 14,54km of Terranova in 10'14''1. The Briton preceded his closest rival Juhp Hänninen (Toyota) by half a second. Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) completed the top three by 8 tenths, ahead of Mads Ostberg (Ford), Craig Breen (Citroën), Esapekka Lappi (Toyota), Dani Sordo (Hyundai), Ott Tänak (Ford) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). ). Elfyn Evans (Ford) is the first more than ten seconds from the scratch. The Welshman is followed by Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota), Sébastien Ogier (Ford) and Andreas Mikkelsen (Citroën).
Kris Meeke takes the lead of Rally Sardinia with half a second ahead of Hayden Paddon. Juho Hänninen completes the provisional podium at 3s ahead of Mads Ostberg, Craig Breen, Dani Sordo, Ott Tänak, Esapekka Lappi, Thierry Neuville, Elfyn Evans, Jari-Matti Latvala, Sébastien Ogier and Andreas Mikkelsen.
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Lappi sets the 6th time, 6″1 behind Meeke, who maintains the scratch in SS2. The Toyota driver is in 8th place, less than 7 seconds behind the leader.
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Ostberg achieves the 4th provisional time, 3″7 behind Meeke. The Ford private driver is in 4th place, 3″5 behind the Citroën driver, provisional leader of the event.
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After losing time in the second part of the special, Mikkelsen dropped 14 seconds to Meeke's provisional scratch. It is the slowest among those arriving.
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Hänninen ranks half a second behind Meeke. The Toyota driver is in provisional 3rd place in the standings, 3 seconds behind the Briton.
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Mikkelsen was half a second behind Meeke in the first sector of SS2.
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Meeke still managed to improve the provisional scratch with a time of 10'14"1, 8 tenths better than Paddon. The Citroën driver leads the general classification with 8 tenths ahead of the New Zealander.
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Paddon clearly improved the benchmark with a time of 10'14″9, 4″4 better than Breen. The New Zealander is more than 5 seconds ahead of the Citroën driver in the general classification.
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Breen took the provisional scratch in SS2 with a time of 10'19″3, improving Sordo's time by 2″2. The Citroën driver is one second ahead of the Spaniard in the general classification.
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Paddon is currently the fastest in SS2 with a 10s lead over Ogier in 2nd intermediate.
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Evans signs the 4th provisional time, 2″8 behind Sordo. The Welshman is playing between Neuville and Latvala in the general classification with less than 3 seconds behind Sordo.
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Ogier set off on the 3km Monte Olia SS19.
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Sordo takes the provisional scratch with a time of 10'21″5, 4 tenths better than Tänak. The Spaniard is ahead of Tänak by 2 tenths in the general classification. Neuville follows at 4 tenths.
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Tänak improved the reference time to 10'21″9, 4 tenths better than Neuville. The Estonian is ahead of the Belgian by 2 tenths in the general classification.
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Overview of the profile of the Terranova special:
SS2 Terranova, it's a proper challenge & opening stage. Ruts and rocks to pop up as cars drive through! #RallyItaliaSardegna #WRC pic.twitter.com/GA3c2cpIzN
— Andreas Mikkelsen (@AMikkelsenRally) 9th June 2017
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Neuville complained about the dust raised by competitors reducing visibility. Cars leave every 3 minutes.
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Sordo attacks with a 6″1 lead over Ogier at the first intermediate.
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Neuville remains the fastest after Latvala who fails at 2″3 behind the Hyundai driver, ahead of Ogier by 1″5. The Belgian is 4” ahead of the Toyota driver in the standings. Ogier follows at 1″4.
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Neuville improved with a time of 10'22″3, 3″8 ahead of Ogier.
