Wales Rally GB 2018
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Before the start of the second passage, discover the summary of the morning's specials:
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Ogier's Ford left the service on time. The team congratulates itself after so much effort produced in a short time.
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Camilli finally gave up before joining the audience. The Fiesta R5 driver suffered a second puncture forcing him to dismount.
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Ogier made it known that he had “nothing left to lose” at the end of the morning of the 1st stage where he seemed quite disappointed following his gearbox problems. M-Sport changes both the gearbox and the clutch which suffered with the absence of the first 2 gears.
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Crews will contest the second pass of the first stage of Wales Rally GB from 15:37 p.m.
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The general classification after SS6:
WRC standings after SS6 – 1. Tänak 35m 13.4sec 2. Evans +8.9sec 3. Latvala +15.4sec 4. Suninen +21.5sec 5. Neuville +21.8sec 6. Breen +22.9sec #WRC
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) 5th October, 2018
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Despite losing his first two gears at Wales Rally GB, Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) was able to limit his delay in the two passages of the 1,63km Slate Mountain super special. The five-time WRC champion slipped to 8th place but remains less than 3 seconds behind Esapekka Lappi (Toyota).
Ott Tänak (Toyota) maintains a lead of 9 seconds over Elfyn Evans (M-Sport). Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) remains in 3rd place after signing the scratch in the second pass. Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) complete the Top 5, the Belgian running 3 tenths behind the Finn having been the fastest in the first pass. Craig Breen (Citroën) follows in 6th position. His teammate Mads Ostberg is in 9th place ahead of the Hyundais of Hayden Paddon and Andreas Mikkelsen.
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Ostberg finished 3s behind Latvala. The Citroën driver plays between Ogier and Paddon.
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Evans signs the same time as Suninen. “The stage was tough with the thick fog. » The M-Sport driver remains 9s behind leader Tänak.
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Mikkelsen remains behind with more than 3 seconds behind. The Hyundai driver is only 2 tenths ahead of Ogier and remains furthest behind in the general classification, already 50 seconds behind Tänak.
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Latvala further improves the benchmark by 1″8 ahead of his teammate Lappi. The Finn pushes Neuville back more than 6s in the general classification. “We are going to work on the assistance differential. »
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Ogier is still limiting the damage with 1 second behind Neuville. The M-Sport driver will be able to repair the gearbox of his Ford at the service. “We were not far from disaster this morning. »
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Tänak completes the second pass 4 tenths behind Neuville.
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Neuville completes the 2nd pass of the super special.
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Tänak finished 3 tenths behind Neuville. The Toyota driver will not have signed all the scratch scores of the morning. “It’s hard because we have no visibility. »
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Neuville: “It was quite complicated with all these stones at the side of the road. But it was okay. »
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Neuville sets a first time in 1'16″8.
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The crews will complete the first pass with the two passages of the 1,63km Slate Mountain super special as the fog and rain meet their expectations.
