18h
The stage will end at 18:30 p.m. with the second passage from Tergu-Osilo. Lappi took the scratch in the first pass in 9’06”3.
18h
While Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) was slightly behind in SS8 of the Rally of Sardinia, the New Zealander increased his lead by 3''4 against Juho Hänninen (Toyota) while he failed by more than 17s from the scratch for Dani Sordo (Hyundai) who resolved his turbo problems.
Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) was the closest, 8 seconds behind, ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) by a tenth. Ott Tänak (Ford) followed more than 13 seconds ahead of Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) and Sébastien Ogier (Ford). Mads Ostberg (Ford) finished more than 14s behind. Andreas Mikkelsen (Citroën) again lost more than half a minute on the course benchmark.
Hayden Paddon now has a lead of almost 8 seconds over Juho Hänninen. The Toyota driver is less than a second ahead of Thierry Neuville who completes the new provisional podium. Jari-Matti Latvala follows 2s ahead of Mads Ostberg who loses two places and is only one second ahead of Ott Tänak. Sébastien Ogier remains 7th ahead of Esapekka Lappi and Andreas Mikkelsen.
18h
Lappi achieves the 5th fastest time, 3 tenths ahead of Ogier. “I broke the left front shock absorber. » The Toyota driver remains 8th, 28 seconds behind the Frenchman.
18h
Ostberg achieves the 6th provisional time, 7s behind Latvala. The private pilot slips to 5th place. “I'm trying to hold on to the rear, but something is happening to the tires. » The Norwegian, who switched back to Michelin, was the only one with Ogier to mix hard and soft tires for the second pass.
18h
Mikkelsen still finished more than half a minute from the provisional scratch. The Citroën driver is isolated in 9th position. “I really struggle when it's narrow but I'm more comfortable on the wide roads. It's still nice to be back. »
18h
Hänninen achieves the worst time, dropping 3″4 on Paddon who now has a 7″9 lead over the Toyota driver. “Nothing special happened. The special was very tough. »
18h
Sordo takes the provisional scratch with a time of 11'38″5. The Hyundai driver improves Latvala’s time by 8″2. “The car works again. I thank the team for helping me repair the car. » The Spaniard nevertheless remains out of reach of the top ten after having lost many minutes on the previous courses.
18h
Paddon should keep the lead of the race, with Hänninen behind at the first intermediate.
18h
Paddon is the slowest with 9″2 behind Latvala. Neuville came back to within 9s of his teammate who could lose the rally lead in this special.
18h
Sordo seems to have solved his turbo problem since he is currently the fastest at the first intermediate.
17h
Tänak signs the 3rd provisional time, 5″4 from the provisional scratch. The M-Sport driver drops 5th place to Latvala for a 3s delay. “I wasn't at all comfortable behind the wheel, but here we are. »
17h
Latvala beats Neuville by a tenth with a time of 11'46″7. The Toyota driver is only 2 seconds from 4th place while also battling with Tänak. “I was bothered by the sun which was starting to go down. »
17h
Neuville improves Neuville's time by more than 6 seconds with a time of 11'46″8. The Belgian must make the difference against Tänak for 4th place. “The conditions are very difficult, especially because the trajectories are not yet there. The road is still very slippery. »
17h
Ogier achieved a first time of 11'52″9, or 1″8 more than Sordo's scratch achieved this morning. “We have no grip, it’s getting boring…”
17h
In WRC 2, Kopecky remains in the lead with a lead of 46 seconds over Veiby. Loubet completes the provisional podium at 1'31 with a 22s lead over Katsuta. Rossel completes the top five, more than 4 minutes from the lead.
17h
Ogier set off in the Tula special.
17h
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.
