Sardinia Rally 2020
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Sébastien Ogier set the best time of this SS7 ahead of his world championship rival Elfyn Evans and Belgian Thierry Neuville. The overall leader Dani Sordo settled for fourth place, 5 seconds from the lead. He still managed to increase his advantage over Teemu Suninen by 5″2. He is 22″6 ahead of the Finn. Meet at 8:38 a.m. for the start of SS8.
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This 7th special ended after the arrival of Dani Sordo. The Spaniard finished this special in 12'51″9 in fourth place. He still takes 5″2 from Teemu Suninen overall
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All that is missing is Dani Sordo who is currently in the last sector of the special
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Suninen relegated to more than 10 seconds from Ogier's mark. The Finn stopped the clock in 12'57″1. “I did my best,” he confided disappointed upon arrival.
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Third provisional time for Thierry Neuville in this opening special on Saturday. The Belgian covered the 22 km in 12'50″5
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Sébastien Ogier takes control of SS7, running in 12'46″9
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Elfyn Evans largely erases Ott Tänak's best mark. The championship leader rode 11 seconds faster with a time of 12'49″5
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Greensmith crossed the finish line with a time of 13'17″9, more than 17 seconds behind Tänak's time
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Pierre-Louis Loubet finishes this first special of the day in 13’15″0
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Provisional best time for Tänak in 13'00″8
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Rovanperä stops the clock at 13'08″9 at the finish, more than 24 seconds ahead of Katsuta
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Ott Tänak should have no trouble erasing Takamoto Katsuta's mark. He is currently more than 20 seconds ahead
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13'33″6 for Katsuta on the finish line, first reference of the day
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Here are the sets of tires chosen by the drivers for the first four special stages of the day. At Toyota (Ogier, Evans, Rovanperä, Katsuta), everyone chose 5 sets of mediums. Ditto for Hyundai (Tänak, Sordo, Loubet). Suninen and Greensmith (Ford) start with six sets of mediums just like Neuville at Hyundai.
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This seventh special (Monte Lerno 1) is 22,08 km long and has some great surprises in store for the drivers.
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Small opportunity for us to take stock of the general classification. Dani Sordo is in the lead with a little over 17 seconds ahead of Teemu Suninen and 35 seconds over Thierry Neuville. Championship leader Elfyn Evans is 2th
Legend
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Here we go for the seventh special. Takamoto Katsuta, absent from Friday's fifth and sixth stages, is first on the starting line
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Before starting this Saturday, a quick look back at the WRC announcements this Friday. The season finale will take place at Monza while the 2021 season schedule will include 12 rounds. Note that the rallies Argentina and Mexico will not take place next year.
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Hello and welcome to the live text of the 2020 Sardinia Rally. Second day of the Italian event with six new special stages on the menu
