Rally Mexico 2019

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Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) scored his second scratch at Rally Mexico by winning the 4km Street Stage Leon SS1,11. With a time of 1'04''9, the Norwegian was 4 tenths ahead of his teammate Dani Sordo. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) and Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) followed 9 tenths behind. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) followed in 5th place ahead of Elfyn Evans (M-Sport), Ott Tänak (Toyota), Kris Meeke (Toyota) and Esapekka Lappi (Citroën).

Andreas Mikkelsen returns to service with a 1''6 lead over Sébastien Ogier. Dani Sordo is one second behind the Citroën driver. Elfyn Evans maintains 4th place with 1”5 ahead of Kris Meeke. Jari-Matti Latvala remains 6th ahead of Esapekka Lappi, Ott Tänak and Thierry Neuville.

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Sordo is closest to Mikkelsen with 4 tenths behind, gaining half a second from Ogier. The Spaniard is one second behind Ogier overall.

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Neuville: “It was clearly not a good morning. It was complicated with the running order. I couldn't avoid this stone (in SS2) and we had this slow puncture. »

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Latvala finished 9 tenths behind Mikkelsen, equalizing Ogier's time. The Toyota driver has a little more than 3 seconds lead over Lappi overall.

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Mikkelsen is the only one to beat Ogier at the moment. The Hyundai driver improves the benchmark by 9 tenths and is now ahead of the Frenchman by 1″6.

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Evans takes the 3rd time, 3 tenths behind Ogier. The M-Sport driver is 8s behind the Frenchman in the general classification.

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Lappi is the slowest with 9 tenths behind his teammate Ogier. The Finn is around 20s behind the leader of the race.

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Meeke is the slowest with 6 tenths behind Ogier. The Toyota driver remains less than 10 seconds behind the Frenchman overall.

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Ogier is ahead of Neuville by 2 tenths. The Citroën driver is fighting for the lead of the rally against Mikkelsen.

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Neuville improves Tänak’s time by 3 tenths. The Hyundai driver had a difficult morning with his puncture costing him around 40s.

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It's a time of 1'06″3 for the championship leader who suffered this morning when opening the road.

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The drivers are preparing to compete in the 1,11km Leon super special, the last route of the morning. Tänak is the first to set off.

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