Monte-Carlo Rally 2018

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Camilli (Ford) maintains control in WRC 2 with a 15″2 lead over Kopecky (Skoda) and 49″3 over Suninen (Ford). Sarrazin (Skoda) is in 3rd place in the RC2, 7″5 behind the Czech.

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The crews are preparing to attack the SS4 of Roussieux – Engalayes 1 (30,54 km) from 10:04 a.m.

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Ott Tänak (Toyota) took the scratch in the 26,72km Vitrolles-Oze which kicks off the second stage of the Monte-Carlo Rally. With a time of 16'32''3, the Estonian took back almost four seconds from Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) in a special stage contested largely on dry roads. Elfyn Evans (M-Sport) followed just over five seconds behind. Dani Sordo (Hyundai) finished 8s back but gained around 3s from his teammate Andreas Mikkelsen who missed a turn.

Craig Breen (Citroën) lost around a minute after losing his brakes in the special following a collision with a stone. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) again lost tens of seconds in handfuls following a puncture.

Sébastien Ogier retains the lead of the Monte-Carlo Rally with half a minute ahead of Dani Sordo who took second place almost five seconds ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen. The Norwegian is now under threat from Ott Tänak who has moved up to fourth place, 3''6 off the provisional podium. The Estonian is ahead of his teammate Esapekka Lappi by more than 11 seconds. Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) follows about twelve seconds behind. Craig Breen remains seventh but is now almost a minute behind the third Yaris WRC. Bryan Bouffier remains eighth with 16s ahead of Kris Meeke (Citroën).

 

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Bouffier signs the 9th fastest time almost half a minute from the benchmark. The M-Sport private driver is 16s behind 7th place occupied by Breen.

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Lappi achieves the 7th provisional time, 16″4 behind Tänak’s provisional scratch. The Toyota driver slipped to 5th position, 11″4 behind the Estonian, maintaining a dozen seconds lead over his teammate Latvala.

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Mikkelsen only set the 8th provisional time, 21″5 behind Tänak. “I missed a turn and had to turn around. » The Norwegian slips to 3rd place, 4″9 behind his teammate Sordo.

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Mikkelsen is lacking rhythm. Ogier's direct rival is 20s behind Tänak at the last intermediate.

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Breen is now 2 minutes behind Ogier in the general classification but maintains a lead of almost 20 seconds over his teammate Meeke. However, the Irishman is not sure he will be able to repair his Citroën before the next ES.

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Breen lost more than a minute in SS3 to Tänak. “I had no more brakes in the special. »

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Breen is slow in the special. The Citroën driver was in 7th place ahead of Bouffier at the start of the special.

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Meeke finished with the 6th provisional time, 11″6 behind the current benchmark. The Citroën driver remains more than 2 minutes from the lead of the race. “The special was quite slippery towards the middle, but we did not do too badly. »

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Sordo signs the 4th provisional time at 8″3 from the provisional scratch. The Spaniard is half a minute behind Ogier in the general classification. “It was quite slippery towards the middle of the stage, but I pushed hard. I don't know if my choice of tires is the right one (3 soft and 2 super soft). »

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Evans sets the 3rd provisional time, 5″4 behind Tänak. “It went pretty well although it wasn't perfect because the road was quite slippery. » The M-Sport driver gets some air against Neuville but he is still more than 4 minutes from the lead of the race following his puncture the day before.

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Neuville: “I don’t know how it happened. We suffered from that from the 10th km. We chose to continue and it was the right decision. It's not really important after yesterday. »

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The puncture was confirmed for Neuville. The Hyundai driver no longer has a spare wheel for the next two SS.

 

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Latvala signs the 3rd provisional time, 11 seconds behind his teammate Tänak. The Finn is 24s behind the Estonian in the general classification.

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Ogier: “The special went well. Some portions were tricky and the grip changed quite a bit. »

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Tänak takes the provisional scratch with a time of 16'32″3 where he is ahead of Ogier by 3″9. The Estonian is still more than 38 seconds behind his teammate in the general classification.

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Neuville finished almost 32 seconds behind Ogier. The Hyundai driver is almost 5 minutes from the lead of the race.

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Neuville would have a puncture on the left rear, which would explain his loss of time. This start of the rally is a crossroads for the Belgian.

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