Rally Germany 2019
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De Mevius stopped in the 9th special. The Belgian in the Citroën C3 R5 occupied 9th place in WRC 2.
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The crews are now preparing to compete in the second passage of the 14,78km Freisen special. Suninen is expected to start at 11:07 a.m.
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Camilli ranks about 5s behind Kopecky. The M-Sport driver found some rhythm in this stage. “This ES offers a lot of straight lines and I prefer when it's more technical. The feelings are good. We continue by remaining positive. »
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Ott Tänak (Toyota) scored a new scratch by completing the 12,28km of Römerstrasse in 5'47''4. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), on the other hand, was slowed down by small mechanical problems and lost more than 5 seconds to the leader.
Esapekka Lappi (Citroën) was the closest, half a second behind. Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) and Dani Sordo (Hyundai) followed almost 2 seconds ahead of Sébastien Ogier (Citroën). Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and his teammate Kris Meeke finished more than 3 seconds ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai). Gus Greensmith (M-Sport) was able to continue and finished more than 8 seconds behind.
Ott Tänak now has a lead of 6”7 over Thierry Neuville. Sébastien Ogier takes a little breath with almost 4 seconds ahead of Kris Meeke who has a similar lead over Jari-Matti Latvala. Andreas Mikkelsen sees Esapekka Lappi come back to less than 5 seconds. Dani Sordo remains 8th ahead of Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota).
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Rovanperä went off the road again! The Skoda driver drove along a shoulder and had to maneuver for a long time before getting back on the road.
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Tänak takes the scratch with half a second ahead of Lappi and more than 5 seconds over Neuville. His lead is now 6”7 over the Belgian. “I had a good SS by attacking properly. The road was cleaner, that helped. »
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Neuville fails almost 5s from the provisional scratch but still maintains a 19s lead over Ogier. “I almost stalled, we had power problems and that made us lose a lot of time. »
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Ogier finally finished less than 2 seconds behind his teammate Lappi's provisional scratch and was ahead of his direct opponents from Toyota by several tenths. “I don’t remember having a hot moment. The car was very unstable when landing from a jump but the car is difficult to drive anyway. »
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Meeke ranks a tenth behind his teammate Latvala and keeps the Finn more than 3s from his 4th place. “I did a good SS even though the road is dirtier than the first ones on the road. I tried to stay clean. »
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Ogier would have made a mistake in the special. The Citroën driver is 6 tenths behind his teammate Lappi in the first partial.
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Latvala sets the 4th time, 2″6 behind Lappi. The Finn remains in the fight with his teammate Meeke and Ogier for the provisional podium. “I'm not driving as I should. I don't have enough confidence. I think too much about braking points. I need to get back to basics. »
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Mikkelsen ranks almost 4s behind Lappi and is only 4″6 ahead of the Citroën in the general classification. “I’m really attacking. »
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Greensmith was able to change his wheel before the special. The M-Sport driver is 8s behind the provisional reference but the Briton is only 13th. “I went wide in the previous stage and ended up in the trees. The wheel has gone off the rails. »
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Lappi takes the provisional scratch with a 1″3 lead. The Citroën driver pushes Sordo back to almost 18 seconds and threatens Mikkelsen's 6th position. “I still have room to improve. I wasn't confident but it worked well here. »
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Sordo finally ranks one tenth behind Suninen. The Hyundai driver remains 8th, 16s behind Lappi.
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Katsuta finished almost 17s behind Suninen. The Toyota rookie is 9th in the standings.
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Sordo is one second ahead of Suninen in the first partial.
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Suninen is already at the finish with a time of 5'59″2. The M-Sport driver will ride to learn after dropping out yesterday. “We have nothing to gain apart from showing our potential. »
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Katsuta is almost 4s behind Suninen in the first partial.
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Suninen sets off in the second special of the day, the 2km Römerstraße.
