Monte-Carlo Rally 2021
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This is the end of SS9. Meet at 12:08 p.m. to follow the third and final special this Saturday at Monte-Carlo
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The special for Neuville, Ogier saves his day
Snow, a frozen road… the ingredients were there for an SS9 full of emotions. Well she kept her promises. If Thierry Neuville took the scratch with a time of 16'28″3, it was the other big names who animated the special.
Ott Tänak suffered another puncture and this time lost more than eight minutes on the lead and is now 9'46″7 behind Sébastien Ogier. The latter experienced a rather calm special. Lacking grip, the Frenchman was content to hold on and let 42″6 slip on Thierry Neuville at the finish, without consequence.
The classification of SS9
A windfall that even Elfyn Evans, runner-up to Sébastien Ogier, did not benefit from. On the contrary, the Welshman even finished further than the Frenchman, losing almost four seconds overall. From now on, the Toyota driver is 14″3 behind his teammate.
SS10 is scheduled for 12:08 p.m.
The general at the end of SS9
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Ott Tänak suffered yet another puncture during the special. Having no spare tire left, he was forced to go to the end on his rim
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Elfyn Evans does not take advantage of Sébastien Ogier's bad special stage. He finished 46″1 behind Thierry Neuville with a time of 17’14″4 and even lost two seconds on the Monte-Carlo leader.
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“I had absolutely no grip. I don't know where I wasted all this time. I just hope not to lose 42 seconds on Evans” explains Ogier after his special
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Terrible special stage for Sébastien Ogier. He reached the finish line 42″2 behind Thierry Neuville and with a time of 17’10″5!
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42″6 behind for Ogier after the 4th sector! The Frenchman seems to have a problem
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Ott Tänak still stopped around the 13th kilometer of the special
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Kalle Rovanperä finishes the morning loop with a time of 16'52″5 to 10″2 from Thierry Neuville
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30″9 behind Neuville for Ogier after the second sector. Perhaps he was bothered by Ott Tänak’s stop…
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Thierry Neuville erases Pierre-Louis Loubet's mark with a time of 16'28″3, 12 faster
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Ott Tänak is gone again. He now finds himself behind Sébastien Ogier in the special
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“I didn’t have the right information. It was very tricky, I didn’t feel very comfortable with the car,” explains Dani Sordo after his passage
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16'42″3 for Dani Sordo two seconds behind Pierre-Louis Loubet
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Ott Tänak stopped after only 6,2 km of special
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Second provisional time for Takamoto Katsuta with a time of 16'58″9, 18″7 behind the reference of Pierre-Louis Loubet
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Neuville is 9″1 ahead of Pierre-Louis Loubet after the second sector
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Gus Greensmoth's turn to complete the special. With a time of 17'12″8, he finished 32″5 behind Pierre-Louis Loubet
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Pierre-Louis Loubet scores the first mark of this SS9 with a time of 16'40″3
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19″1 behind for Greensmith on Loubet after the third sector
