Lefebvre's DS 3 WRC crashed at Panzerplatte this morning:
Picture #Lefevbre crash-in #RallyDeutschland pic.twitter.com/chNy5MjgiF
— Matteo Deriu (@Bartolbia84) August 20, 2016
The final stage will begin at 7:13 a.m. with two special stages covered twice.
Lappi remains at the top of WRC 2 with more than a minute ahead of Kopecky and Kremer. Loubet is in 5th place in the category behind De Mevius.
Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) took advantage of a poor tire choice from Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) to increase his lead on the German Rally by 13 seconds after the second pass of Panzerplatte. The leader of the event achieved the scratch with a time of 23'14''0 where he was 4''7 ahead of Dani Sordo (Hyundai).
The Spaniard carried out a great operation since he took more than four seconds from Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) who lost a place.
Ranking after Panzerplatte:
Results of SS14 and O/A after Day2 of @ADACRally . This is a tight fight! #LovingIt #ToBeContinued #WRC pic.twitter.com/841aapfENq
— Thierry Neuville (@thierryneuville) August 20, 2016
Latvala sets the 6th time half a minute behind Ogier. “It wasn't pleasant. The car is very hard to drive. »
Camilli was the slowest, finishing 7 tenths behind his teammate Ostberg. " We learn. »
Sordo took 3rd place, 3″6 behind Mikkelsen in the general classification and 4 tenths ahead of Neuville. “It was very difficult to constantly attack. I'm enjoying the fight to the fullest, the car is competitive and I'm happy. »
Ostberg lost a lot of time in the special since he failed almost half a minute behind Paddon who can breathe easy with his provisional 5th place. “It went badly throughout the special. I couldn't be fast. »
Neuville only takes 4″3 back from Mikkelsen who retains his provisional 2nd place for 4s. “I lacked confidence at the end. I'm not really satisfied but I did my best. I don't know where Sordo is at, but it's going to be close. »
Paddon reached the finish line 25 seconds behind Ogier. The Hyundai driver is battling with Ostberg for 5th place. “It was a good day, I got into a good rhythm. We gained a lot of experience. »
Mikkelsen drops 13″1 to Ogier, but the Norwegian could be caught by the Hyundais of Neuville and Sordo. “I tried something different, but it was very complicated in the forest. I lacked grip and confidence. »
Ogier finished with a time of 23'14″0. “We apparently made the right choice, Thierry also seems very fast. I hope that will be enough for tomorrow. »
Neuville or Sordo could take 2nd place. The Belgian is 8″7 ahead of the Norwegian in the 3rd sector.
Ogier now has a 13″8 lead over Mikkelsen in the 4th intermediate position. Perhaps victory is at stake on this course.
Sordo now has a 1″9 lead over Neuville in the 2nd sector. The Belgian now only has a one second lead in the general classification.
The provisional classification of Panzerplatte:
Split times at SS14 #Panzerplatte Long, @SebOgier setting a strong pace at split 1 #WRC #RallyDeutschland pic.twitter.com/yWWTyxVqJ3
— Volkswagen Motorsport (@VolkswagenRally) August 20, 2016
Mikkelsen loses contact with Ogier. The Norwegian is 12s behind the leader in 3rd intermediate.
Sordo is slightly ahead of Neuville in the 1st intermediate with 1”7 to his advantage. The two Hyundai drivers were separated by 3″7 before the start of the special.
Ogier's lead over Mikkelsen increased to 5″5 in the 2nd intermediate.
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