In JWRC, Yohan Rossel is in the lead with 4 tenths ahead of Laurent Pellier.

#JWRC #TourdeCorsica@Rosselyohan fastest in SS2 to take the lead. Wagner didn't take the start of that stage… pic.twitter.com/yWo4bzkAYv

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The crews join the Porticcio group before competing in the 2nd passage from 14:24 p.m.

Evans retains the lead in WRC 2 with a 13″ lead over Kopecky. Abbring occupies 6rd place half a minute behind the Welshman, ahead of Bonato by around ten seconds. Suarez completes the top five ahead of Maurin. Loubet and Gilbert lost time in SS3 following mechanical problems. Gilbert encountered a clutch problem while Loubet lost his power steering while the crews will have no assistance in this stage.

Evans still seemed the fastest in WRC 2. The Welshman set the 11th time, 31 seconds behind Ogier, but Kopecky did better with the 9th time where he ranked 26" from the scratch. Suarez set the 8rd provisional time in the category. Bonato finished 3s behind the Spaniard just ahead of Maurin.

Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen) set the fifth provisional time, 14 seconds behind the benchmark, a tenth ahead of Dani Sordo (Hyundai). Craig Breen (Citroën) is more than 17 seconds behind, ahead of Éric Camilli (Ford) by around ten seconds who beat his teammate Mads Ostberg by five seconds.

Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) signed a new scratch in the 29,12km of Liamone Beach – Sarrola-Carpopino, second special of the Tour de Corsica. With a time of 18'39''6, the Championship leader was more than eight seconds ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), his closest opponent. Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) follows ten seconds just ahead of Kris Meeke (Citroën), the Norwegian still being slightly handicapped by ants in his feet.

Camilli signs the 9th provisional time, 27″2 from the scratch but 5″2 ahead of his teammate Ostberg. The Frenchman is in 10th place, coming within half a second of the Norwegian.

The provisional times for SS2:

SS2 times & O/A after the internship. #Neuville goes up to 3rd, #Sordo is 4th & #Paddon 5th #WRC #TourdeCorsica pic.twitter.com/bRb6vDuVXC

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Breen finished 7s behind his teammate Meeke, setting the 8th provisional time, 17″5 behind Ogier. “It went better in this special…” Breen fell to 8th place, 34 seconds behind the leader and 2″4 behind Latvala.

Meeke sets the 4th provisional time, 10″7 behind Ogier and 2s behind Neuville. The Citroën driver remains the closest adversary to the leader of the Tour de Corse with 14″7 behind the Frenchman and maintaining a 2″8 lead over Neuville.

Tänak is even slower than Ostberg with 38s behind Ogier and 5”8 behind Ostberg. “We are not competitive and we certainly have to learn things. » The Dmack driver is 1'32 behind the leader of the Tour de Corse.

Ostberg is the slowest among the drivers at the finish with 32s behind Ogier and 17s behind Paddon. The M-Sport driver is already more than a minute behind the leader.

Sordo sets the 5th provisional time, 14”1 behind Ogier, a tenth behind Latvala. “I felt better in this special, but the time doesn't show it. » Sordo finds himself 1″4 behind Neuville with around ten seconds ahead of Paddon.

Latvala signs the 4th provisional time, 14 seconds behind Ogier and almost 4 seconds behind Mikkelsen. “It’s not the time I was hoping for. I may have made a mistake in the settings…” The Finn finds himself 32s behind the leader with a second behind Mikkelsen.

Neuville sets the 2nd provisional time, 8″7 behind Ogier, ahead of Mikkelsen by more than a second. “I'm not really confident because of the way the car behaves and I'm losing a lot of time.” Neuville is 17″5 behind Ogier overall with a 12s lead over Paddon.

Paddon ranks 14s behind Ogier, 4s more than Mikkelsen. The Hyundai driver remains ahead of the Norwegian by 8 tenths. “I feel like my driving was better. We had some hot moments but the special went well. »

Mikkelsen fails 10 seconds behind Ogier and is already half a minute behind his teammate. “It was very different from last year. We'll see what we can do but I still have this problem. »

Ogier sets a time of 18'39"6 at the end of SS2. “It was easier since we did it last year but it was on a wet road. Things are going well so far but we still have a long way to go. »

Neuville fails to close the gap. The Belgian is 3″9 behind Ogier in the 2nd split. Ostberg is 5”7 ​​behind the first leader of the Tour de Corse in the 1st sector.