Tour of Corsica 2016
16h
Evans extended his lead in WRC 2 to 22 seconds against Kopecky. Bonato remains on the provisional podium several minutes from the head of the category, now ahead of Maurin following Abbring's stop.
16h
While Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) signed a new scratch in La Porta – Valle di Rostino by completing the 53,72km in 35'38''1, Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) took more than five seconds from Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) . Dani Sordo (Hyundai) regained momentum by finishing 15 seconds behind the benchmark and taking a minute back from Éric Camilli (Ford) who was slowed down by the onset of rain.
Sébastien Ogier now has a 59”5 lead over Thierry Neuville. The Belgian has almost 11 seconds ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen. Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen) consolidated his fourth place against Craig Breen (Citroën) who found himself more than half a minute behind the Finn. Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) remains sixth and is now ahead of Dani Sordo who is almost a minute ahead of Éric Camilli.
16h
Camilli finished 6s behind Ostberg and slipped to 8th position almost a minute behind Sordo. The last drivers to pass had to reduce their pace with the arrival of rain in the special.
16h
Breen drops more than 16s at Latvala and finds himself more than half a minute behind the VW driver in 4th position.
16h
Tänak is the slowest among those at the finish, 13 seconds behind Ostberg. The Dmack driver still suffers just as much on the Corsican roads.
16h
Ostberg finished more than a minute behind Ogier's scratch and more than half a minute behind Paddon.
16h
Sarrazin is also arrested in the special. It’s a bad run for the i20 R5.
16h
Abbring is arrested in the special. The Dutchman was in 3rd place in WRC 2 in the new Hyundai i20 R5.
16h
Sordo sets the 4th provisional time by regaining 9″2 in Latvala. “I tried to be quick but it looks like I wasted a lot of time. » The Spaniard is fighting with Camilli for 7th place.
16h
Latvala finished 28s behind Ogier. The Finn could be threatened by Breen for 4th place. “I can’t brake in this car. It's very hard but that's how it is. »
16h
Neuville put in a great performance, finishing less than 6s behind Ogier and gaining 5″4 from Mikkelsen. The Norwegian is now 10″8 behind the Belgian.
16h
Paddon ranks 18″7 behind Mikkelsen and half a minute behind Ogier. The Hyundai driver is in 6th place. “There was nothing more I could do. The car is moving. We will have to analyze the data after the race to see how to progress. »
15h
Mikkelsen ranks 11″3 behind Ogier and risks losing ground on Neuville. “I hit my tires a little too much at the start. They were too worn out towards the end. »
15h
Mikkelsen ranks 11″3 behind Ogier and risks losing ground on Neuville. “I hit my tires a little too much at the start. They were too worn out towards the end. »
15h
Ogier set a time of 35'38″1, just over a second off the morning's scratch achieved by Meeke, despite everything improving his personal time. “It was completely dry. The special is good. I took soft tires with the unpredictable weather. »
15h
Mikkelsen is 8″8 behind Ogier in the 5th sector. Neuville is ahead of the Norwegian by 5″6 in the previous split.
15h
Neuville is now ahead of Mikkelsen by 4″2 in the 3rd sector but it is Ogier who remains the fastest for the moment.
15h
Neuville is ahead of Mikkelsen. The Belgian is 2″8 ahead of the Norwegian in the 2nd sector.
15h
Mikkelsen is now losing time on Ogier. The Norwegian, who is fighting with Neuville for 2nd place, is 2″4 behind his teammate in the 2nd sector.
15h
A heavy downpour is currently falling in the next stage. Crews are expected to face soggy roads later in the afternoon. Sordo risks being in trouble with his hard tires.
