Rally Italy-Sardinia 2018
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The second stage of the Sardinia Rally will be contested this Saturday from 8:38 a.m. and will be followed live with our live text.
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Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën) finds himself at the head of WRC 2 after taking advantage of mechanical problems that occurred in the Skoda Fabia R5 of Ole Christian Veiby who found himself more than four minutes behind the Frenchman. Jan Kopecky (Skoda) is the French driver's closest rival with 14 seconds behind. Nicolas Ciamin (Hyundai) climbed onto the provisional podium in the category one minute ahead of Fabio Andolfi (Skoda).
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Ott Tänak (Toyota) and Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) both retired on the final stage of day one at Rally Sardinia. The Estonian who was in third place appears to have damaged his radiator when he hit a bump, while the Finn who followed him in fourth went off the road.
Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) completed the final special of the first stage of the Sardinia Rally with the best time. The Finn set a time of 8'07''2, one second ahead of Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport), Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) and Mads Ostberg (Citroën). Elfyn Evans (M-Sport), Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) and Craig Breen (Citroën) follow around four seconds behind. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) was the slowest, almost ten seconds behind after going into a ditch.
Sébastien Ogier retains the lead of the Sardinia Rally with almost 19 seconds ahead of Thierry Neuville. Jari-Matti Latvala finds himself on the provisional podium with a little more than four seconds ahead of Esapekka Lappi. Mads Ostberg completes the new Top 5 with three seconds ahead of Hayden Paddon. Craig Breen finds himself seventh.
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Paddon sets the 6th time, 4 seconds behind the Latvala scratch. The Hyundai driver finds himself 6th, just over 3 seconds behind Ostberg. “We’re going to sleep well tonight. »
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Ostberg equalizes the time of Ogier and Lappi with 1″1 behind Latvala. The Citroën driver finds himself in the Top 5. “We had the soft tires and the settings for the rain, but we tried to take advantage of it. I hope to have a more advantageous position tomorrow. »
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Breen signs the 5th fastest time, 4″1 behind the provisional scratch. The Citroën driver should climb to 7th place with the problems of Tänak and Suninen. “It was definitely a difficult day. »
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Suninen went off the road! The Finn's Ford ended up in a ditch. It will be difficult for the crew to leave. The M-Sport driver was in 4th position.
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Latvala improves the benchmark with a 1″1 lead over Ogier and Lappi. The Finn relegates his teammate to more than 4s overall. “I attacked hard in this last SS and I gave myself a big scare. It's unfortunate for Tänak because he was very efficient. The hard tires work well in this stage. »
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Evans finished with the 3rd fastest time, 2″7 behind his teammate Ogier. “It would have been nice to be part of the fight. »
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Lappi achieves the same time as Ogier but remains almost 23 seconds behind Neuville overall. “We weren't able to compete in the previous stages, but it looks like things are going better after correcting some suspension settings. »
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Tänak is stopped in the special! The Toyota driver occupied 3rd place. Smoke comes from the front of the Yaris WRC. It seems that it was when landing a jump that the WRC suffered.
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Ogier improves Neuville’s time by 8″4. The Hyundai driver is almost 19s behind the overall leader. “This passage was good even if it was very difficult, especially in the first SS. I drove the same way, I'm not sure why this is different. »
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Neuville finished with a time of 8'16″7 and a Hyundai damaged at the rear following its exit from the track. “I had very different tires between new and very worn ones. I lost control and ended up in a ditch. I attacked hard then and I hope not to lose too much time. »
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Slight error from Neuville who went straight into a bend.
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Neuville sets off in the last ES of the day. The road seems dry.
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The start of SS9 is delayed by a few minutes.
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The crews are preparing to compete in the second passage of Monte Baranta, 11,46km long, the last stage of the day. Neuville was the fastest this morning with a time of 8'12″8.
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