The classification of SS6:
Dani Sordo (Hyundai) lost several more minutes on SS6 of the Sardinia Rally, probably due to engine problems already encountered this morning. The Spaniard was in 9th place.
Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) won the scratch with a time of 9'59''5. Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) retains the lead of the Sardinia Rally ahead of Juho Hänninen (Toyota) and Mads Ostberg (Ford). Dani Sordo left the top ten.
Lappi takes the scratch with a time of 9'59″5, 1″2 ahead of Paddon. The Toyota driver is only 5″5 behind Mikkelsen in 8th place.
Hänninen ranked 1″3 behind the provisional reference. The Toyota driver retains 2nd place, 5″6 behind Paddon in the general classification.
Ostberg sets the 6th fastest time, 6″5 behind Paddon. The private pilot is 11s behind the leader.
Mikkelsen set the 6th provisional time, almost 19 seconds behind the benchmark. The Citroën driver occupies 8th place. Hänninen's time is still not posted.
Sordo finished more than 4 minutes behind the start. The Hyundai driver finds himself more than 5 minutes from the lead of the race.
Sordo is now more than 3 minutes behind in the 2nd intermediate. The Spaniard will leave the top ten.
Paddon improves the provisional scratch with a time of 10'00″7, half a second better than Tänak. The Hyundai driver is playing for his leadership position against Hänninen at the Sardinia Rally.
Sordo started again in the special. The day promises to be complicated for the Hyundai driver.
Sordo is stopped on SS6. The Hyundai driver still seems to be suffering from the engine problems encountered this morning during the 5th special.
Ogier should start at any moment in SS7 at Monte Olia.
Sordo is in trouble. The Hyundai driver is 44s behind Ogier in the 1st intermediate.
Tänak improves the benchmark with a time of 10'01″2, half a second better than Neuville. The Estonian still only has a little more than 5 seconds ahead of the Hyundai driver in the general classification where he occupies 4th place.
Latvala only fell one tenth behind Neuville. The Finn remains 2s behind the Belgian who is in 4th place.
Neuville improves Ogier's time by 1″6 with a time of 10'01″7. The Belgian lost time in the first sector by being 9s behind the Frenchman.
Ogier set a first time of 10'03″3, 11 seconds better than Meeke this morning.
Ogier set off in the second pass of Terranova.
Here are the strategies of the crews wearing Michelin shoes. Ostberg is the only one to have used 2 soft tires.
#Tyre info: Ogier/Hyundai/Toyota: 5 Michelin LTX Force H4Tanak/Mikkelsen: 6HOstberg: 4H +2S#wrc #RallyItalia pic.twitter.com/YEKaQP34wW
— Michelin Motorsport (@Michelin_Sport) 9th June 2017
The crews are preparing to compete in the second passage of Terranova. Meeke signed the scratch this morning by completing the 14,54km in 10'14″1.
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