Rally Germany 2019
16h
The crews are now heading to the Mittelmosel special. Tänak is expected at the start of the 22km course from 16:39 p.m.
16h
Camilli set off after 2 cars. “Nothing special happened, there was a little confusion. The clock seems a little better. » The Frenchman set the 3rd provisional time in WRC 2 Pro, almost 9s behind Rovanperä.
16h
Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) once again achieved the scratch in the 19,44km Stein und Wein, SS5 of the German Rally. The Belgian completed the course in 10'46''0, gaining more than a second from the Toyotas of Kris Meeke and Ott Tänak. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) failed to reach a tenth of the leader of the event.
Dani Sordo (Hyundai) and Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) followed more than 4 seconds behind. Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) followed more than 9 seconds ahead of Gus Greensmith (M-Sport). Esapekka Lappi (Citroën) finished 18 seconds behind after spinning.
Ott Tänak retains the lead of the Rally Germany by 1 seconds over Thierry Neuville. Sébastien Ogier remains 6rd with 3 seconds ahead of Kris Meeke who now has more than 3 seconds ahead of Dani Sordo. Jari-Matti Latvala remains 2th but Andreas Mikkelsen took back 6th position from Esapekka Lappi following his mistake.
16h
Ostberg says he almost hit a spectator who fell off a wall. “Within half a second, I hit him. I have never been so scared in my career. »
16h
Katsuta finished half a minute behind Neuville's scratch. “There was a lot of dirt in the turns but I'm learning a lot. »
16h
Greensmith finished almost 11 seconds behind. It's still 7s better than Lappi who spun.
16h
Sordo regains 2 tenths in Latvala and protects his 5th position.
16h
Latvala signs the 5th provisional time, more than 4s from the provisional scratch. The Finn is almost 5 seconds behind his teammate Meeke in the standings.
16h
Lappi loses a lot of time in this SS. The Citroën driver fails more than 18 seconds from the provisional scratch. The Finn finds himself more than 8s behind Mikkelsen in the standings.
16h
Meeke is the closest to Neuville with 1″5 behind. The Toyota driver regains 2 tenths from Ogier but remains 3s behind the Frenchman in the general classification.
16h
Mikkelsen struggled to keep up the pace and finished more than 9s behind his teammate Neuville. The Norwegian is more than half a minute from the lead of the race. “I should have been faster but I wasn't really confident with the grip changes. Still, I feel the car is better. »
15h
Neuville improves the benchmark by 1″6 and returns to an identical gap from leader Tänak in the general classification. “We had a good stage, I really liked this course. The pace is very high. »
15h
Ogier ultimately failed just a tenth behind Tänak. The Citroën driver remains almost 14 seconds behind the leader but must above all be wary of Meeke who threatens his 3rd position. “I'm still slower but I'm closer. We had a lot of balance issues but we managed to get it to run a little better. »
15h
Tänak finished with a time of 10'47"6, 7 seconds behind Neuville's scratch achieved this morning. Ogier, Neuville and Meeke are ahead. “We rode well. »
15h
Ogier regains his lead at Tänak with a half-second gap in the 2nd split. Neuville is tied with the Estonian at first intermediate.
15h
Ogier is 2 tenths behind Tänak in the first partial.
15h
Unsurprisingly, all the WRC crews again opted for 5 hard tires for this passage.
15h
Tänak sets off in the second passage. The Estonian set the 2nd time in this SS this morning.
15h
The crews are preparing to compete in the second passage of the day. Tänak is expected at the start of Stein und Wein, 19,44km long, from 15:45 p.m. Neuville was the fastest this morning with a time of 10'40″4.
