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The second stage of the Sardinia Rally will begin this Saturday June 10 at 7:45 a.m.
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Éric Camilli (Ford Fiesta R5) completes the top ten, but it is Jan Kopecky (Skoda) who leads WRC 2, the Frenchman not being registered in the category. The Czech is more than a minute ahead of Ole Christian Veiby (Skoda). Following the retirement of Pierre-Yes Loubet (Ford), it is Takamoto Katsuta (Ford) who completes the provisional WRC 2 podium with more than 2 minutes ahead of Yohan Rossel (DS 3 R5).
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Juho Hänninen (Toyota) lost more than half a minute in the final special of the first stage of the Sardinia Rally. The Finn, who was less than 8 seconds behind leader Hayden Paddon (Hyundai), went off the road and damaged his Yaris WRC. The crew is now struggling to reach assistance at the end of the stage and avoid abandonment.
Damage to the Toyota Yaris of Juho Hanninen after the final stage of the day. #WRC pic.twitter.com/X4YrY6uSHH
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) 9th June 2017
Dani Sordo (Hyundai) signed the scratch by completing the 14,14km of Tergu-Osilo in 8’53”2, 3”2 ahead of Esapekka Lappi (Toyota). Ott Tänak (Ford) followed at 3”6, taking 3”4 from Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) and 4s from Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) who finished just behind Sébastien Ogier (Ford). Hayden Paddon dropped 6 tenths to the Belgian. Mads Ostberg (Ford) follows around ten seconds ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen (Citroën).
Hayden Paddon finishes the first stage of the Sardinia Rally with an 8''2 lead over Thierry Neuville who takes 2nd place with Juho Hänninen having problems with a 1''3 lead over Ott Tänak . The Estonian, who gained three positions on the last course, precedes Jari-Matti Latvala by 3 tenths. Mads Ostberg completes the top five ahead of Juho Hänninen and Sébastien Ogier who is only 3s behind the Finn. Esapekka Lappi remains 8th ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen.
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Hänninen’s Toyota at the end of SS9:
Damage to the Toyota Yaris of Juho Hanninen after the final stage of the day. #WRC pic.twitter.com/X4YrY6uSHH
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) 9th June 2017
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Lappi is the closest to Sordo with 3″2 behind Sordo. The Toyota driver, who scored 3 scratches in this stage, is 8th, 24s behind Ogier. “We seem to learn pretty quickly. It’s a shame to have had this shock absorber problem this morning. »
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Mikkelsen achieves the 7th provisional time, 12 seconds behind Sordo's provisional scratch. The Citroën driver remains 9th. “It was a tough day that ended behind the wheel of this new car, but I was able to rack up the miles. I know how to progress. I made a lot of mistakes in the pins. »
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Hänninen's Toyota is mainly damaged at the front. The radiator seems to have held up, but a water leak is noted.
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Hänninen finished 38s behind Sordo. The Toyota driver fell to 6th place, while Neuville became Paddon's main rival. The Finn got out of the car and finished with a damaged Yaris WRC.
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Hänninen is in difficulty in the special. The Toyota driver stopped before leaving. He was Paddon's closest rival.
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Sordo once again signs the provisional scratch with a time of 8’53”2, 3”6 better than Tänak. “We’re going to have to open the road tomorrow. »
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Unusually, Paddon finished the stage in the lead without having achieved a single scratch in the first stage.
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Paddon is the slowest among those at the finish but only drops 6 tenths to Neuville. The New Zealander is still more than 8 seconds ahead of his teammate. “Tomorrow’s stage will be essential. »
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Tänak improves the provisional scratch with a time of 8’56″8 where he is ahead of Latvala by 3″4. The Estonian is ahead of the Toyota driver by 3 tenths and will thus benefit from a better position on the road.
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Latvala improves Ogier’s time by a tenth with a time of 9’00″2. The Toyota driver is only 1″6 behind Neuville’s 3rd place. “I’m satisfied because we’re in a fight and we’ve found a good rhythm. »
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Neuville ranks half a second behind Ogier. The Hyundai driver is battling with Tänak for 4th place. “I had to finish on worn tires because I had a slow puncture earlier. »
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Ogier achieves a best time of 9'00"3, 6s better than Lappi's scratch achieved this morning. “It will be a little better tomorrow (with the position change). » Despite everything, the M-Sport driver will not have a good position since he only occupies 7th place.
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Loubet stopped on SS8 while in 3rd place in WRC 2.
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Ogier took the start of the last special of the day.
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The start of the last special stage of the first stage of the Sardinia Rally has been postponed to 18:42 p.m.
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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.
