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Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) lost more time to his opponents at Wales Rally GB on SS18 at Alwen. The Frenchman finished more than 4 seconds behind Ott Tänak (Toyota) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). Elfyn Evans (M-Sport) was closest to the leaders and took 1 seconds from Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai).
Ott Tänak now has a lead of 11”1 over Thierry Neuville. Sébastien Ogier is around ten seconds behind the Belgian with another 8 seconds ahead of Kris Meeke (Toyota). Andreas Mikkelsen is only 3 seconds ahead of Elfyn Evans.
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Tänak takes the scratch for a tenth ahead of Neuville. The Estonian is ahead of the Belgian by 11″1. “The car runs well and I was able to take good lines. »
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Neuville improves Evans' time by 2 tenths. Ogier is more than 10 seconds from 2nd place. " I need to try. It's good against Seb but it will be hard against Ott (Tänak). »
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Ogier fails almost 4s behind Evans. “We are trying to finish the rally. I don't think I can go back to the others. » The Citroën driver's pace seems too insufficient to threaten the leaders.
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Meeke sets the 3rd time, 3s behind Evans. The Toyota driver is still in 4th place. “It’s going to be complicated to come back to Ogier. »
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Mikkelsen fails 1″5 behind Evans who is 3 seconds behind 5th place. “I rode well in this SS. We'll see what happens. »
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Evans improves Breen’s time by 3″5. The Welshman is still fighting to get back on Mikkelsen.
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Tidemand ranks almost 3s behind Breen. “The feeling is better than the day before. We'll see for the next ES but the conditions are difficult. »
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Lappi set a time of 5'30″7 quickly beaten by Breen by 6 tenths.
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Lappi set off in the first SS of the day.
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In terms of tire choices:
Meeke, Tänak, Evans and Breen chose 5 mediums.
Neuville preferred 4 mediums and 1 soft, the opposite of Mikkelsen who took 4 softs and 1 medium.
Ogier took 3 soft and 2 medium. His teammate Lappi left with 5 tenders.
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The WRCs will start every 2 minutes. The rest of the cars will leave every minute.
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Rain is expected in the morning on the stages of Wales Rally GB.
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Lappi will again start first on the road. The Citroën driver will start ahead of Breen, Tidemand, Evans, Mikkelsen, Meeke, Ogier, Neuville and Tänak.
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After another retirement due to a mechanical problem on Saturday, Oliver Solberg is back in action in this stage:
Ready for the final day of @WalesRallyGB it's a short day but a really tricky one – hoping for better luck and ending on a positive note! My start time for SS18 is 8:21 pic.twitter.com/WSqAdbXjtX
— Oliver Solberg (@OliverSolberg01) October 6, 2019
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The day will consist of two special stages covered twice added to the Great Orme route. The 6,43km Brenig ES will serve as a Power Stage in the second passage. The day should start at 8:28 a.m. with the 10,41km from Alwen.
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Ott Tänak (Toyota) must maintain his lead over Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) and Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) who remain in ambush against the championship leader.
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Welcome to the live text of the final stage of Wales Rally GB!
