Sardinia Rally 2022
First special victory for Lappi who achieves a great operation as he takes control of this Rally of Sardinia ahead of Tänak and Evans. The gaps remain tight since the three men are only separated by 3 seconds. Rovanperä is 6th at 12″5
15'15″8 for Fourmaux who set the 4th fastest time of SS3, 9″4 behind Lappi. The Frenchman plays the insurance card in order to continue to accumulate experience and gain experience
After securing 2nd place on SS2, Loubet this time let a few seconds slip away due to a bad turn where he missed the braking point. At the finish, the Habs dropped 13″1 on Lappi to finish in 15’19″5
Lappi takes control of the Sardinia Rally. With a time of 15'06″4, the Finn beat Breen by 3″4 to take 1st place overall with 1″9 ahead of Tänak
4th provisional time for Sordo in 15'17″7, 7″9 behind Breen
At the finish, Greensmith lost 1″45 in this SS3. The Englishman completed his passage in 16'54″8 after his misadventures in the 19th km. “The car wouldn’t start again,” he says.
Greensmith stopped at the 19th km! The Englishman went too wide from a right turn. After a few seconds of waiting, he was able to leave to finish SS3. He reported that there was a loss of power.
And here is Breen who dislodges Tänak from provisional 1st place in this SS3. 15'09″8 for the Irishman who is ahead of the Estonian by 1″9 on the line
Evans loses the rally lead by 1″1. The Welshman was 5″8 slower than Tänak after a time of 15’17″5
Tänak confirms his lead from the 2nd sector with a 15'11″7 on the line which gives him a 6″9 lead over Neuville
15'28″2 for Katsuta, 9″6 behind Neuville. “Nothing wrong in this stage, I only protected the tires because I had no grip,” underlines the Toyota driver
15″18″6 for Neuville who is ahead of Rovanperä by 0″5. The Belgian made up for lost time during the final part of SS3 to finish ahead of the Finn
Rovanperä completes the longest stage of the day in 15'19″1, setting the mark to beat in this SS3
Neuville is closer to Rovanperä in this SS3. 1″2 behind for the Belgian after the 3rd sector but with a better pace compared to SS2
After a complicated SS2, Neuville wants to catch up during this SS3 where he hopes not to be bothered by dust
Here is the route of the SS3 with 24,70 km to go
Let's go for SS3 with Rovanperä. The Finn is the first to set off
The start of SS3 is scheduled for 8:01 a.m.