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The second passage of the first stage of the Sardinia Rally will start from 15:25 p.m.

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In WRC 2, Jan Kopecky (Skoda) leads the category with a 24s lead over Ole Christian Veiby (Skoda).

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The classification of SS5:

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Kris Meeke (Citroën) went off the road on SS5 of the Sardinia Rally while leading the event. The Briton was able to reach the finish despite his roll but lost more than 7 minutes.

Dani Sordo (Hyundai) also lost a lot of time (one minute) due to an engine problem while in 5th place.

Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) signed the scratch by completing the 14,14km of Tergu-Osilo in 9'06''3 with more than 3 seconds ahead of Mads Ostberg (Ford) and Hayden Paddon (Hyundai). Ott Tänak (Ford) follows more than 4 seconds ahead of Juho Hänninen (Toyota), Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) and Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota). Andreas Mikkelsen (Citroën) is the first driver more than ten seconds from the scratch. The Norwegian is ahead of his former teammate Sébastien Ogier.

Hayden Paddon finds himself at the head of the Sardinia Rally with 4 seconds ahead of Juho Hänninen who retains 3nd place for a tenth ahead of Mads Ostberg. Ott Tänak and Thierry Neuville complete the top five ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala, Sébastien Ogier and Andreas Mikkelsen. Dani Sordo fell to 2th place while maintaining a 9s lead over Esapekka Lappi.

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Lappi seems to be doing well with his gearbox problems since he takes the scratch with a time of 9'06″3 where he is 3″3 ahead of Ostberg. The Toyota driver is in 10th place, 4″3 behind Sordo.

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Ostberg improves the benchmark with a time of 9'09″6, taking 4 tenths from Paddon. The Norwegian finds himself on the provisional podium following Meeke's accident, being one tenth behind Hänninen.

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Meeke lost more than 7min in SS5. The Citroën driver finds himself several minutes from the top ten.

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Meeke seems to have rolled over on SS5. Below are the images of his Citroën.

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Mikkelsen finished 6″8 off the provisional scratch. By gaining 3″5 from Ogier, the Citroën driver is less than 16s behind his former teammate. The Norwegian gains a position with Meeke's worries.  

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Meeke stopped again on SS5. His Citroën is damaged.

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Hänninen sets the 3rd provisional time, one second behind Paddon and 3 tenths behind Tänak. The Toyota driver climbs into 2nd position, 4″3 behind the new leader of the Sardinia Rally. “It went better than we thought. We must now be careful for this afternoon. »

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Paddon takes the provisional scratch with a time of 9'10″0, 7 tenths better than Tänak. The Hyundai driver should become the new leader of the Sardinia Rally.

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Meeke was able to restart on SS5 after putting the Citroën back on the road with the help of spectators. The Briton lost several minutes following his exit.

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This would indeed be an exit from the road for Meeke. The Briton is not going to improve his reputation with this new error.

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Meeke is stopped in SS5! The Citroën driver led the Sardinia Rally ahead of Paddon and Hänninen.

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Sordo lost a minute while in 5th place. The Hyundai driver reached the finish with a serious mechanical problem, the engine of his i20 WRC emitting smoke. “We lost power in the middle of the stage. » The Spaniard finds himself almost a minute behind Ogier and falls out of the top ten.

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Tänak improves the benchmark with a time of 9'10″7, one second better than Neuville. The M-Sport driver is almost 5 seconds ahead of the Belgian in the standings where he occupies 6th place.

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Latvala ranks half a second behind Neuville. The Toyota driver is 2″2 behind the Belgian in the general classification, finishing in 8th place.

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Neuville took the provisional scratch with a time of 9'11″7, ahead of Ogier by 8″6. The Hyundai driver is 18s from the lead of the race. “I lost 4 or 5 seconds by making a mistake. I try to maintain a good position for the next stage. »

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Ogier sets a first time in 9'20″3 on the last course of the morning. “I had to manage with a poor level of grip. It was a difficult passage with my position on the road, more than I thought. »

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