Rally Argentina 2018
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In WRC 2, Tidemand increased his lead over Greensmith in SS3, now almost 21s ahead of the Briton at the end of SS3.
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Michel Nandan (Hyundai): “Tänak was a real rocket in SS3, given his position on the road. He wanted to make up for the time lost in SS2 and he succeeded quite well. »
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Tommi Mäkinen (Toyota): “It’s very disappointing for Jari-Matti. We know that this rally is unforgivable with all these stones. It's hard for everyone, but even harder for him. He seemed very efficient. I'm sure he had a chance to win. There may have been further damage to the car with an oil leak. We hope to be able to repair everything so that he can leave tomorrow. »
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Michel Nandan (Hyundai): “This stage promises to be unpredictable… This rally is very demanding. We know that Argentina is very harsh on cars. Pilots must be careful. What happened to Jari-Matti (Latvala) can happen to any car. »
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Ott Tänak (Toyota) made up for it at Rally Argentina. After his mistake in SS2, the Estonian took the scratch in the 33,58km Amboy – Yacanto, the longest special of the first stage. With a time of 19'19''9, the Yaris WRC driver beat Dani Sordo (Hyundai) by almost three seconds and Craig Breen (Citroën) by more than seven seconds. Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) followed more than nine seconds ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai), Kris Meeke (Citroën) and Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) who is almost 18 seconds behind. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) followed more than 18 seconds ahead of the Fords of Elfyn Evans and Teemu Suninen.
Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) dismounted on this course after damaging his right front suspension after hitting a stone.
Andreas Mikkelsen takes the lead of Rally Argentina with a 3s lead over Sébastien Ogier. Ott Tänak moved up to third place with a six-tenths lead over Esapekka Lappi. Kris Meeke remains fifth, one second ahead of Thierry Neuville. Dani Sordo moved up to seventh position, three seconds ahead of Craig Breen. Elfyn Evans and Teemu Suninen complete the Top 6.
WRC standings after SS3 – Changes throughout the standings after this test: 1. Mikkelsen 30m 24.6s 2. Ogier +3.6sec 3. Tänak +9.5sec 4. Lappi +10.1sec 5. Meeke +10.7sec 6. Neuville +11.8sec 7 .Sordo +17.1sec #WRC
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) April 27th
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Al Qassimi suffered in this special. The Citroën driver drops more than 2 minutes from the lead of the race. “We lost time in the first SS with the dust. We no longer had that worry here, but there were too many unforeseen dangers on the road. »
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Suninen is the slowest at the finish, more than 25 seconds behind. " It's not good. I have to attack more. » The Finn is more than half a minute behind leader Mikkelsen.
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Evans, on the other hand, is still behind since he is the slowest with almost 20 seconds behind Tänak. The M-Sport driver is more than 24 seconds from the lead of the race. “I didn't have any problems, I'm just not fast enough. We must therefore attack harder. »
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Breen also set a good time as he took 3rd time, 7″6 behind Tänak. The Citroën driver is 17s behind Mikkelsen overall. “I had too many hot moments. I hit an embankment at one point. »
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Latvala’s Toyota stopped on the side of the road:
#YPFRallyArgentina2018 Problemas para Latvala en la SS3 / Mechanical problems for Latvala at SS3 pic.twitter.com/R1WMivZ0az
— Rally Argentina (@rallyargentina) April 27th
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Sordo is the closest to Tänak with only 2″8 behind. “There was so much dust in the previous stage. I tried to get some time back into this one and it worked pretty well. » The Hyundai driver is still 14 seconds behind the race lead occupied by his teammate Mikkelsen.
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Latvala will not go any further. The crew got out of the car and waited for assistance.
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Latvala's Toyota appears to have front-right damage. The Finn hit a stone and damaged his suspension.
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Images of Latvala stopped in SS3:
Latvala stopped in SS3 now live on https://t.co/twccZ0hRvh #WRC #RallyArgentina #WRClive pic.twitter.com/CuaRZboab4
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) April 27th
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Lappi is closest to his teammate Tänak with 9″2 behind. “It was a long stage lined with stones. » The Finn is around ten seconds from the lead of the race.
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Latvala is arrested in the special! The Finn opened the hood of his Yaris WRC. It appears to suffer from a mechanical problem.
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Meeke sets the 3rd time, 13″8 behind Tänak who seems untouchable in this special. The Citroën driver is one second behind the Estonian in the general classification. “The first SS was really complicated with the dust and the puncture. We must remain careful from now on. It's a difficult morning. »
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SS3 “There are some very fast sections here. It's a nice special stage, which I like. A few years ago I had a bad experience going out with the Polo! In any case it was a good special, I had a lot of fun”
- Sébastien Ogier (@SebOgier) April 27th
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Mikkelsen is closest to Tänak, 10″ behind. The Hyundai driver is ahead of Ogier by 2″7 and takes the lead of the event, 6″3 ahead of the M-Sport driver. “There were a lot of stones on the road, I couldn't avoid them all. »
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Tänak comes back to less than 6s from Ogier in the general standings by setting a magnificent benchmark time where he is almost 18s ahead of Ogier! “I spun after hitting a stone, but I'm happy to have set this time. The steering is not perfect on the car. »
