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The second passage of Tula will be contested from 17:37 p.m. Sordo signed the scratch this morning by completing the 15km in 11'51″2.
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Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) retains the lead of the Sardinia Rally at the end of SS7 where he finished 4s behind Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) who completed the 19,05km of Monte Olia in 13' 04''9. Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) are the closest, 1”3 behind. Juho Hänninen (Toyota) took a second back from the leader.
Ott Tänak (Ford) followed at almost 7s, preceding Sébastien Ogier (Ford) and Mads Ostberg (Ford). Andreas Mikkelsen (Citroën) failed after half a minute, losing several seconds by stalling in the hairpins.
Dani Sordo (Hyundai) lost more than 7 minutes in the special. His turbo is still defective.
Hayden Paddon retains the lead of the Sardinia Rally with a 4s lead over Juho Hänninen. mads Ostberg follows 5s behind the Finn with a 11s lead over Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak who find themselves tied. The fight for the top five is tight since Jari-Matti Latvala came back 2”2 behind the Estonian and the Belgian. Sébastien Ogier remains isolated in 3th place ahead of Esapekka Lappi who overtook Andreas Mikkelsen.
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Lappi again signs the scratch with a time of 13'04″9 where he is ahead of Latvala and Neuville by 1″3. The Toyota driver is in 8th place but is still 28″5 behind Ogier. “We worked on new suspensions at the front this morning and it wasn't fantastic, but the times this afternoon are interesting. It's much faster than I expected and I'm not going to complain about it. »
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Ostberg sets the 7th provisional time, 7″6 behind the benchmark and drops 2″2 to Tänak who is 2s behind 3rd place.
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Sordo's Hyundai suffers from the turbo. The Spaniard still has two stages to cover.
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Sordo finished still more than 7 minutes late. “The team did not repair the car properly. I tried to repair but I can't. »
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Mikkelsen lost a lot of time, finishing almost half a minute behind the provisional scratch. The Norwegian finds himself 22s behind Ogier and should lose his 8th place to Lappi. “I continue to struggle. I'm a bit in the unknown. »
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Sordo was able to restart, but his delay will still be significant as he fell to 16th place during the previous special.
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Hänninen achieves the 3rd provisional time, 1″6 behind the benchmark. The Toyota driver takes 1″1 back from leader Paddon who maintains a lead of 4″5 over the Finn.
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Sordo is stopped again on SS7. His delay is still 4 minutes at the 2nd intermediate.
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Paddon is 2″7 ahead of Tänak by setting the 3rd provisional time, 2″7 behind the provisional scratch of Latvala and Neuville. The Estonian finds himself 18s from the head of the race.
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Sordo is still suffering. The Hyundai driver is almost a minute behind at the 1st intermediate. The ordeal continues for the Spaniard.
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Tänak sets the 3rd time, 5″4 behind the benchmark. The M-Sport driver is in 4th position.
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The first crews have already reached the finish of SS7.
Latvala and Neuville have so far been the fastest with a time of 13'06″2 at the end of the 19,05km from Monte Olia. The Belgian finished the special with a rear puncture. Ogier follows at 7″5.
