Wales Rally GB 2016

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The group in Newtown:

 

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The cars arrive at the Newtown service:

 

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Gilbert set the 13th provisional time, 39s from the scratch. “I’m having a lot of fun in this DS 3 WRC. »

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The provisional classification after SS4:

 

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Ott Tänak (Ford) achieved his second consecutive scratch by completing the 17,91km Dyfnant, 4th special stage of Wales Rally GB, in 10'18''9. The Dmack driver took 2”2 back from Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) who was 4 seconds ahead of his teammate Jari-Matti Latvala. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) follows 7”5 behind the benchmark, more than a second ahead of his teammate Hayden Paddon and Kris Meeke (Citroën). Craig Breen (Citroën) follows his teammate less than 2 seconds behind. Dani Sordo (Hyundai) finished one second behind the Irishman, ahead of Mads Ostberg (Ford) by 3 seconds. Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën) finished 20 seconds behind.

Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) lost more than a minute following a broken transmission on the front wheels. The Norwegian could give up since the stage does not have mid-day assistance.

Sébastien Ogier maintains a lead of 7”7 over Ott Tänak. Jari-Matti Latvala took 3rd place, 2 tenths ahead of Kris Meeke and 4 tenths ahead of Hayden Paddon. Craig Breen remains on the outskirts of the top five ahead of Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo and Mads Ostberg who took advantage of Andreas Mikkelsen's problems to gain a position.

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Lefebvre is doing better by being 20s behind Tänak's scratch. The Citroën driver is 9s behind Mikkelsen who now completes the top ten.

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Camilli loses another 1'38 to the reference in the special. No punctures this time…

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Breen drops 1″7 to his teammate Meeke. The Citroën driver maintains 6th place with a 5″4 lead over Neuville.

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Meeke achieves the 6th provisional time, a tenth from Paddon and 2″6 from Latvala who takes 3rd place by 2 tenths. “We had a good pace, there was a lot of grip. »

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Tänak takes the scratch with a time of 10'18″9 where he takes 2″2 from Ogier. The Dmack driver lost 2s to his rival in the last sector but he still came back 7″7 behind the Frenchman.

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Ostberg is the slowest after Mikkelsen, 12″6 behind Ogier. The M-Sport driver is also ahead of his compatriot in the general classification.

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Latvala is the closest to Ogier with 4″1 behind. The Finn takes the advantage over Paddon by 4 tenths. “It’s a very nice special stage. No problems with the car. »

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Sordo sets the 4th provisional time, 3s behind Paddon. With his teammate Neuville, he gained a place against Mikkelsen.

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Tänak seems even faster than Ogier. The Dmack driver is ahead of the Frenchman by 3″7 in the 1st split.

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Paddon signs the 3rd provisional time, 1″3 behind Neuville. The New Zealander maintains a lead of 10 seconds over the Belgian. “We will have to remain consistent without making any mistakes since we won't even be able to change tires at service. »

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Neuville ranks 5”3 behind Ogier and is now more than 42s behind the leader. “It’s a shame for Andreas, but we’re going to have to stay on the road. The special went well. »

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Mikkelsen drops 1'23 to Ogier. It is perhaps 2nd place in the Championship that is at stake. “I was very fast… for a propulsion. I no longer have transmission on the front wheels. We should give up since there is no assistance. »

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Ogier set a first time of 10'21″1. " It went well. I had some concerns with noises in the car that could be coming from the transmission. »

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Mikkelsen's delay is widening. The Norwegian is now 56s behind Ogier in 2nd intermediate position while he was in 7th place.

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Mikkelsen is half a minute behind Ogier. It could be a timing error (an always recurring problem in the discipline).

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