Sardinia Rally 2022

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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

SS3 standings

General classification of SS3

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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

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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

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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

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4th provisional time for Sordo in 15'17″7, 7″9 behind Breen

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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.

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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.

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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

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Evans loses the rally lead by 1″1. The Welshman was 5″8 slower than Tänak after a time of 15’17″5

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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

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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

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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

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Rovanperä completes the longest stage of the day in 15'19″1, setting the mark to beat in this SS3

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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

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After a complicated SS2, Neuville wants to catch up during this SS3 where he hopes not to be bothered by dust

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Here is the route of the SS3 with 24,70 km to go

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Let's go for SS3 with Rovanperä. The Finn is the first to set off

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The start of SS3 is scheduled for 8:01 a.m.

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