Monte-Carlo Rally 2021
That's the end of this live text for Saturday. See you this Sunday at 8:30 a.m. for the outcome of the 2021 Monte-Carlo Rally.
Elfyn Evans completed SS10 in 11'59″00. Enough to win and take 1″3 from Sébastien Ogier in the general classification. The latter ends the day in the lead with a lead of 13 seconds before attacking the last special stages of the event this Sunday.
The classification of SS10
Kalle Rovanperä completes the Top 3 of this SS10 and gives Toyota a hat-trick. Enough to accentuate their domination in this Monte-Carlo 2021.
The general classification after SS10
Very good performance from Adrien Fourmaux who finished 6th behind Takamoto Katsuta and ahead of Éric Camilli, comfortable at the end of the day. The first mentioned is still second in WRC2 behind Andreas Mikkelsen.
With a time of 11'59″00, Elfyn Evans takes SS10 and takes 1″3 from Sébastien Ogier overall
12'00″3 for Sébastien Ogier who quickly dethrones Kalle Rovanperä thanks to this faster time of 6″5
Great performance from Kalle Rovanperä. The Toyota driver temporarily takes the lead in the special thanks to a time of 12'06″8, 5″6 faster than Thierry Neuville
Thierry Neuville erases the mark established by Takamoto Katsuta with a time of 12'12″4
Dani Sordo finishes the special with 22″6 over Takamoto Katsuta with a time of 12’38″4
Dani Sordo behind. In the third sector, the Spaniard is 16 seconds behind Takamoto Katsuta
Takamoto Katsuta reaches the finish and takes the provisional best time. The Japanese finished in 12'15″8, 11″7 faster than Pierre-Louis Loubet
12'31″5 for Gus Greensmith 4″0 behind Pierre-Louis Loubet
“It’s very slippery. It’s a mixture of water and snow, so it’s difficult to find grip,” explains Loubet
Times improve considerably compared to the morning passage. Pierre-Louis Loubet rode in 12'27″5, almost 50 seconds faster than Sébastien Ogier, winner of the morning's special
All drivers started with studded snow tires
Gus Greensmith is 2″5 behind Pierre-Louis Loubet after the first intermediate
As in the first two special stages of the day, Takamoto Katsuta is the first Toyota driver to start
It's Gus Greensmith's turn to hit the road. The Englishman must make up for it after a bad SS9
Update on the general ranking
Pierre-Louis Loubet is the first to start SS10. Next: Greensmith, Katsuta, Sordo, Neuville, Rovanperä, Evans and Ogier
Breole – Quellenet
The participants will once again run a stopwatch on the same route as the SS8 (Bréole – Lorsnet 18,31 km), the first of the day