Rally Chile 2019
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The second pass of the second stage of the Rally Chile is scheduled to start from 20:08 p.m.
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Sébastien Loeb (Hyundai) was closest to Ott Tänak's scratch in the 9th special of the Rally Chile. By finishing 2 tenths behind the time of 10'08''9 achieved by the Estonian at the end of the 16,59km of Pelun, the nine-time WRC champion took more than 3 seconds from Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota). Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) gave up almost 4 seconds to the leader of the event by preceding Elfyn Evans (M-Sport), Esapekka Lappi (Citroën), Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) and Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai).
Ott Tänak finishes the first pass of the day with a lead of more than 34 seconds over Sébastien Ogier. Jari-Matti Latvala remains on the provisional podium with a one second lead over Sébastien Loeb. Elfyn Evans remains 5th ahead of Teemu Suninen who is ahead of Esapekka Lappi by a dozen seconds. Andreas Mikkelsen is still in 8th place.
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And Tänak takes the scratch with 2 tenths ahead of Loeb and 3″8 over Ogier. The Toyota driver returns to service with a lead of 34″6 over the Frenchman from Citroën.
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Images of Neuville's crash in SS8:
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Tänak is now 1″5 behind Loeb in the 2nd intermediate.
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Ogier finished 3″6 behind his compatriot Loeb but only lost 3 tenths in Latvala. " Not much to say. The solution is not yet available so we have to wait. We do our best each time to get the maximum number of points, but we would obviously like to be faster. »
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Ogier is around 3s behind Latvala and Loeb in the 2nd split. Tänak is still 2 seconds ahead of the Citroën driver at the first intermediate.
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Latvala drops 3″3 to Loeb who is 1″1 behind the Finn, still in 3rd position. The Toyota driver gets out of his car to check his left rear tire. “The rear tires are completely dead but that's how it is. Some seem to keep them better. »
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Latvala is almost 2 seconds behind Loeb in the last sector.
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Latvala is now 4 tenths behind Loeb in the 2nd split. Ogier is a little further behind with almost 3 seconds behind the Toyota driver at the first intermediate.
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Nice work from Meeke who limits his delay to 3″4 against Loeb. The Toyota driver regains a place against Bertelli. “It's difficult to drive without the windshield. »
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Latvala is on Loeb's pace with 3 tenths ahead of the Hyundai driver in the first split.
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Meeke is 3 seconds behind Loeb in the 2nd intermediate despite his damaged Toyota.
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Loeb takes the scratch 4s ahead of Evans who is now almost 20s behind the Hyundai driver in 4th position. “I was very comfortable behind the wheel. We had a little trouble with the fog. Little by little I am adapting my driving to the car, I understand how to drive it. »
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Loeb is now ahead of Evans by more than 3 seconds at the last split of the special.
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Meeke stays on the pace with 2 seconds behind Loeb at the first intermediate.
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Evans improves the benchmark with a 6″5 lead over Lappi. The M-Sport driver should nevertheless lose time against Loeb. “We are suffering a little in certain areas. We'll see what we can do with the team at the break. »
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Loeb remains the fastest in the 2nd sector with almost 3 seconds ahead of Evans.
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Evans is back in the game with more than 4 seconds ahead of Lappi in the 3rd intermediate. The M-Sport driver targets Loeb's 4th place.
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Loeb is currently the fastest with half a second ahead of Lappi in the first split.
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