Tour of Corsica 2019
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The crews are now heading to the 14,45km Desert des Agriates special stage. Meeke is scheduled to start at 9:08 a.m.
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In WRC 2, Camilli continues to increase his lead with a gap of 26 seconds on Bonato. Ciamin climbs onto the provisional podium in the category.
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Ott Tänak (Toyota) took the scratch in the 25,62km of Cap Corse, SS7 of the Tour de Corse, completed in 15'50''6. Elfyn Evans (M-Sport) nevertheless reacted well by dropping only 6 tenths. Sébastien Loeb (Hyundai) followed almost 3 seconds ahead of his teammate Thierry Neuville and Kris Meeke (Toyota). Dani Sordo (Hyundai) is further away with 9 seconds behind the Citroëns of Sébastien Ogier and Esapekka Lappi still in difficulty. Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) and Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) failed by more than 13 seconds.
Elfyn Evans remains just under 4 seconds ahead of Ott Tänak. Thierry Neuville finds himself a dozen seconds from the lead in the race ahead of Dani Sordo. Teemu Suninen only retains his 5th place by 2 seconds ahead of Sébastien Ogier. Esapekka Lappi remains 7th ahead of Sébastien Loeb.
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Evans finally lost 6 tenths to Tänak who returned to less than 4 seconds from the lead of the race. “I rode well, but I had some hesitations. »
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Evans came back to level with Tänak in the last split! Great reaction from the M-Sport driver.
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Tänak puts everyone in agreement with a lead of 2″7 over Loeb. Enough to regain the lead against Evans? “We have to be good if we want to play for victory. »
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Good time from Neuville who finished half a second behind his teammate Loeb. The Belgian nevertheless risks losing ground against the leaders who are even faster. “I suffered a little towards the end. Things were better at the start of the special. The car moves a little but it has good grip. »
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Tänak remains on the attack and takes several seconds from his direct opponents in the special.
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Sordo takes the 3rd time, 6s behind his teammate Loeb. The Spaniard ranks 4th. “The sensations are good but it’s difficult to read the course. »
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Suninen drops 3s to Ogier and only retains his 5th position for a 2s lead. “It was a bad SS. » The Finn was anxious but he did not want to say why…
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Ogier sets the 3rd time, 7″5 behind Loeb and a little over 2 seconds ahead of his teammate Lappi. The Citroën driver hopes to catch Suninen in 5th position. “We’ve made a lot of changes. She seems to be behaving better but the times are not there. »
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Lappi ranks around ten seconds behind Loeb. The pace is not there yet. “It’s a bit the same as yesterday. This is clearly insufficient. » The Finn is 7th.
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Tänak attacks very hard with a 2” lead over Meeke in the first split. Only Neuville was also faster with 9 tenths ahead of the Toyota. Evans still has to pass this point.
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Loeb improves the reference by 1″5 ahead of Meeke. The Hyundai driver remains 8th but seems to be able to increase his pace. “I felt good in the car and I wanted to do a good stage to start the day. »
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Latvala finished around ten seconds late. The Toyota driver is fighting to get back into the Top 10 after his puncture the day before. “I didn't do this SS last year, I didn't really know it. »
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Meeke sets a first time in 15'54"8. “It was a shitty day yesterday with that note I got wrong. I fight and I learn. »
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Latvala continues to lose ground with 7s behind Meeke in the 3rd split. All the drivers on the track remain slower than Meeke.
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Latvala lost ground on Meeke 3s behind in the second half while Loeb followed less than a second behind. Lappi is 2 tenths behind the Northern Irishman in the 6st split.
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Meeke is a few tenths ahead of Latvala and Loeb in the first split.
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Loeb joined Meeke in the special. The Hyundai driver is isolated in 8th place.
