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Stage 1 of Wales Rally GB will end with the 16,95km Penmachno. It was obviously Tänak who took the scratch in the first pass with a time of 10'15″9.

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Tempestini is stopped in the special. The Romanian on Citroën C3 R5 occupied 8th position in WRC 2.

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Ott Tänak (Toyota) dealt another blow to his opponents by claiming his 5th scratch of the day at Wales Rally GB. The leader of the event completed the 29,13km of Brenig in 16'30''5, 6 seconds ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) and 7''2 over Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport). Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) followed at 8 seconds. Behind, the gap is greater with Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) at 16s, the Finn having been the victim of a brief outing damaging his windshield. Craig Breen (Citroën) was at the same pace and ranked ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai), Mads Ostberg (Citroën), Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) and Hayden Paddon (Hyundai).

Ott Tänak now has a lead of more than 31 seconds over Thierry Neuville who took 2nd place for just over a second ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala. Esapekka Lappi follows 3s ahead of Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) who is ahead of Craig Breen. Teemu Suninen lost 4 positions and found himself 7th ahead of Mads Ostberg, Hayden Paddon and Andreas Mikkelsen.

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Breen still did a little better with 16s behind Tänak. The Citroën driver remains 6th with 1 second ahead of Suninen. “I tried to do my best. Those in front are untouchable at this point. »

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Paddon is the slowest at the finish with 22 seconds behind the provisional scratch, a similar time to his teammate Mikkelsen. The New Zealander is fighting for 8th place with Ostberg.

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Andolfi is stopped in the special. The Italian in a Skoda Fabia R5 occupied 7th place in WRC 2.

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Mikkelsen's struggle continues with a delay of 21 seconds on Tänak. The Hyundai driver seems a little alone in 10th row. “The adjustments made are useful but I still made a few mistakes. I had trouble holding the front and had to use the handbrake quite a bit. We still need to refine the settings. »

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Latvala lost a lot of time by finishing 16s behind his teammate Tänak. The Toyota driver finds himself behind Neuville in the general classification, 1″6 behind. “It was not a good SS. I went wide in several turns, that's how I broke my windshield. I must have also damaged the suspensions. The car appears to still be in good condition, but I was too careful afterward. »

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Tänak may have had a deflated tire, but Ogier still finished more than 7 seconds behind the Toyota driver. The Frenchman is almost 6s behind Neuville in the general classification. “The time wasn't great but I attacked as much as I could. Ott is too far away anyway but we have other guys to go after. »

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Tänak has a lead of almost 5 seconds over Neuville in the 5th split.

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Neuville finished with a time of 16'36″5. This is 16s better than Tänak's scratch this morning. “The conditions are much better, as are the settings. There may still be a little left to find. It was already easier behind the wheel. »

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