Rally Poland 2016
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It was a puncture on the right front which caused Tänak's fall.
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The Polish Rally experiences a turning point with one stage to go. Ott Tänak (Ford) lost 35 seconds to Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) following a still unknown problem, the Estonian having refused to speak to the press.
Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen) signed the scratch by completing the 21,25km in 11'18''5 with a 4''8 lead over Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen). Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) finished 7''8 behind with 11''3 ahead of his teammate Hayden Paddon despite a puncture. Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën) set the sixth provisional time after being able to repair his DS 3 WRC. Dani Sordo (Hyundai) retired after damaging his rear suspension.
Andreas Mikkelsen takes the lead of the event with a lead of 16 seconds over Ott Tänak before taking part in the Power Stage. Hayden Paddon is only ten seconds behind the Dmack driver, ahead of Thierry Neuville by less than nine seconds. The Belgian is only five seconds ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala who is seven seconds ahead of Sébastien Ogier. Craig Breen (Citroën) remains seventh ahead of Éric Camilli (Ford) and Mads Ostberg (Ford).
The leader also changes in WRC2 following a puncture for Esapekka Lappi (Skoda Fabia R5) who loses several positions and leaves the lead to his compatriot Teemu Suninen (Fabia R5).
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Lappi also loses the WRC2 lead due to a puncture. It is Suninen who regains control of the category and 10th place in the general classification.
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The origin of Tänak's problem remains unclear, with the Estonian refusing to speak to journalists at the end of the special.
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Tänak loses first place! The Dmack driver seems to have suffered a puncture and lost 35 seconds to Mikkelsen who finds himself leading the rally with a 16″5 lead over the Estonian!
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Mikkelsen sets the 3rd provisional time, 5″4 behind his teammate Latvala. The Norwegian is ahead of Paddon by more than 13 seconds and has a lead of more than 26 seconds over the Hyundai driver in the general classification. “I may not aim for victory in the Power Stage but I will have good pace. »
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Sordo's Hyundai is being towed:
SS20 @DaniSordo bad news… @HMSGOfficial photo Łukasz Kufner #RallyPoland pic.twitter.com/rivKFuwEp9
— Rally Poland (@rajdpolski) July 3, 2016
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Paddon ranks 19″1 behind Latvala, setting the 4th provisional time, 11″3 behind Neuville. The New Zealander now only has an 8″7 lead over his teammate in the general classification.
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Neuville was slowed down by a puncture. “It was terrible in these conditions. We had to continue to attack but it was very hard. »
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Neuville signs the 3rd provisional time at 7″8 from the provisional scratch. The Belgian now only has a 5″3 lead over Latvala in the general classification.
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Gorban managed to reach the finish line a quarter of an hour late. Sordo, however, does not seem capable of completing the event.
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Latvala responded to Ogier's attack by beating him by 4″8 with a time of 11'18″5. “It’s been a long time since I encountered such difficult conditions. » The Finn is now ahead of his teammate by 7″2 in the general classification.
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Ogier improves the reference time with a time of 11'23″3. Lefebvre is relegated to more than 18s. “I'm happy to be at the finish of this special because it was very difficult. » The Frenchman is fighting with Latvala for 5th place.
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Camilli was able to finish the special, but the Frenchman went off the road shortly before the finish and damaged his Ford on the right rear.
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Lefebvre further improves the benchmark with a time of 11'41″7, 4″2 better than Breen. “I thank the mechanics for being able to help me repair the car. »
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Breen further improves the provisional scratch with a time of 11'45″9, improving Camilli's performance by half a second. The Irishman is now well established in 7th place following the problems of his teammate Lefebvre.
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Hyundai announced that Sordo stopped due to damage to the rear suspension.
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Camilli improved the benchmark with a time of 11'46″4 which put him 12″5 ahead of his teammate Ostberg. The two M-Sport drivers are separated by almost 22s.
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Ostberg took the best time with a time of 11'58″9. This is almost 20s better than his compatriot Solberg. “The special went well. »
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Lefebvre remains in the race. The Citroën driver also set off at a good pace in the special since he was the fastest in the first sector.
