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It may be the outcome of the 2018 season played this afternoon in Australia. While he increased his lead over Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) in the second pbad of the first stage, Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) suffered a puncture on the left-back in SS6 and lost around a minute in the incident.
SS6: wheel damage for @thierryneuville #wrc #wrclive @RallyAustralia pic.twitter.com/LRhW4EUc14
– WRC (@OfficialWRC) November 16, 2018
While the Belgian dropped to 10th place, his misfortune allowed M-Sport to pbad the team orders by pushing Teemu Suninen and Elfyn Evans behind Sébastien Ogier who gained 3 places and ends up 7th.
Mads Ostberg (Citroën) keeps the lead of the Australian Rally, now more than 6 seconds ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) who has become Norway's main rival. The other Yaris WRCs were more in trouble, Ott Tänak slipping to 5th place ahead of teammate Esapekka Lappi. The two drivers of the Japanese manufacturer were ford in the ES5, the Estonian ripping his front bumper while the Finn suffered engine cuts.
#RallyAustralia SS5 Tänak: "The front was in the watersplash and took the lead I guess. We had damage on the previous one, it is running like a dog. " pic.twitter.com/vaXlHA98Tc
– Valmar Viisel (@paddocknews) November 16, 2018
These incidents allowed Craig Breen to place the second Citroën on the provisional podium just one second off the first Yaris WRC. The Irishman has a 2-second lead over Hayden Paddon (Hyundai).
The first stage of the Rally of Australia will end with the two pbadages of the 1.27km super long NSW Dsestination that will be played starting at 6:37 am Paris time.
Jacques-Armand Dupuis
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