This is the end of this SS2. Dani Sordo set the best time ahead of Teemu Suninen and Sébastien Ogier. The second city still maintains the lead of this Rally of Sardinia ahead of the Spaniard and the French. Down this Friday, Ott Tänak is only 9th in the standings, almost 48 seconds from the lead.

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 @DaniSordo 16:50.0  @TeemuSuninenRac +7.1  @SebOgier +8.1@EsapekkaLappi DNF

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17'11“2 for Pierre-Louis Loubet more than 21 seconds behind Dani Sordo's benchmark

Incredible SS2 from Dani Sordo! The Spaniard crosses the finish line in the lead with a benchmark of 16'50“0, more than seven seconds ahead of Suninen

Katsuta far behind the head of this SS2. The Japanese crossed the finish line with a time of 17'21"7

With a time of 17'03"9, Greensmith finished SS2 6"8 behind his teammate Suninen

“It feels good to be in the lead but there is still a long way to go before the finish”, Suninen remains calm

After SS1, Teemu Suninen set the best mark of SS2 and consolidated his lead at the top of the Sardinia Rally. He completed this second special in 16'57'1, one second faster than Sébastien Ogier. The Finn is comfortable on the Italian island.

Thierry Neuville sets the second benchmark of SS2 in 17'00"1, two seconds behind Sébastien Ogier

Lappi is at a standstill. A mechanical problem appears to be the cause of this incident. Smoke coming from the hood

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Rovanperä finished the second special of the day in 17'14"7, enough to regret his exit from the track in the middle of SS2

Special finished for Tänak. Something is wrong with the Estonian. With a time of 17'16"7, he was relegated to almost 19 seconds behind Ogier

Rovanperä had made a mistake, hence this unforeseen stop. The Finn left without problems. He lost about ten seconds

Rovanperä stopped at the 12th kilometer of the special. The Finn still left. More information to come…

As expected Sébastien Ogier outranks Elfyn Evans at the finish of SS2 thanks to a time of 16'58"1, more than 4 seconds ahead

Forecasts give Ogier 3 seconds ahead of Evans in this SS2

Elfyn Evans completes this second special in 17'02"3

Ott Tänak still behind. The Estonian is provisionally 7 seconds behind Sébastien Ogier, provisionally best time of this SS2

Sébastien Ogier is temporarily ahead of Elfyn Evans in this SS2

Ott Tänak is the second to start the Erula-Tula 1 special, the second of the day