Rally Italy-Sardinia 2018
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Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) took the scratch in SS8 of the Sardinia Rally by completing the 14,14km of Tergu-Osilo in 8'53''5 with a four-tenths lead over Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) . Toyota drivers Ott Tänak and Jari-Matti Latvala followed a few tenths ahead of Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) and Esapekka Lappi (Toyota). Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) marks the break in the WRC group with more than nine seconds behind the benchmark, preceding the Citroëns of Craig Breen and Mads Ostberg.
Sébastien Ogier maintains a lead of 10”5 over Thierry Neuville. Ott Tänak remains on the provisional podium less than six seconds behind the Belgian, preceding the Finns Teemu Suninen, Jar-Matti Latvala and Esapekka Lappi grouped in less than seven seconds. Mads Ostberg is in seventh place with only three tenths ahead of Hayden Paddon who precedes Craig Breen.
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Paddon sets the 8th time, more than 9 seconds behind his teammate Neuville. The New Zealander remains 8th but is only 3 tenths behind Ostberg.
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Citroën remains behind. Ostberg is the slowest with more than 12 seconds behind Neuville. The Norwegian is more than 16s behind Lappi overall. “We have the same tires, the same information but we make the same mistakes. »
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Suninen sets the 5th time, 3 seconds behind Neuville. The M-Sport driver remains more than 3 seconds ahead of Latvala in the general standings. “The stage was still quite wet. »
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Breen finished again with the worst time, being more than 10 seconds behind Neuville. The Citroën driver is 41s behind Lappi in the general standings. “It was still damp in places. It's a bad day. »
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Latvala finished in 4th place, 2″8 behind Neuville, ahead of his teammate Lappi by almost 2 seconds. The Finn is ahead of his compatriot by more than 3 seconds overall. “I'm attacking hard but the weather is not good and I don't know why. »
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Evans is the slowest with 5”6 behind Neuville’s provisional scratch. “There are no problems with the car. We will be aiming for points for the Manufacturers' Championship from now on. »
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Lappi is the slowest with 4″5 behind Neuville at the finish. The Toyota driver is 25s behind his teammate Tänak in the general standings. “I tried to be clean but my time is very bad. »
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Tänak is also in the mix, following Neuville at 1″6. The Toyota driver is almost 6s behind the Belgian overall. “We do our best. There is always a reason for things, but speed is not enough. »
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Ogier is on Neuville's pace with 4 tenths behind. The Belgian remains more than 10 seconds behind the leader. “It's a good passage, but I had a problem with the gears at one point in the special. I do not know where it comes from. »
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Neuville sets a first time of 8'53″5. “I tried to keep the soft tires for the rest of the weekend, but perhaps I was too careful with the compounds. » This is 5s better than Tänak's scratch this morning.
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Neuville has already started the 14,14km Tergu-Osilo special. Tänak was the fastest this morning with a time of 8'58"4.
