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At the wheel of his M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC, Ogier beat his closest challenger, Thierry Neuville on his Hyundai, 3 "7 in this special 3.2-kilometer stage and the Belgian, leader of the championship ahead of Ogier , himself preceded by a half-second Ott Tänak, last of the three candidates for the title with his Toyota.
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"It will not be easy for the rest of the weekend We had a good strategy with the tires but now we have a little less than all the others for tomorrow"Ogier explained. Strategy that consisted of rolling with very worn tires, and that Neuville said regret not having followed.
Camilli and the Polo sixth
Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) and Elfyn Evans (Ford M-Sport) complete the first provisional top 5 at 5 "6 and 6" 0 by Ogier respectively, ahead of Éric Camilli just 7 "4 behind his compatriot – and fastest time of the WRC2 on the new Volkswagen Polo GTI R5, which debuts in competition this weekend.
Next are Dani Sordo (Hyundai) at 7 "5, Kalle Rovanperä (Škoda WRC2) at 8" 6, Craig Breen (Citroën) at 8 "7, Jan Kopecký (Škoda WRC2) at 9" 0, Jari-Matti Latvala ( Toyota) at 9 "7, Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) at 9" 8, Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroen WRC2) at 10 "1, Teemu Suninen (Ford M-Sport) at 10" 9 and the returning Petter Solberg, 15th and fifth of WRC2 on the second Volkswagen, at 11 "9.
Loeb's small mistake
Another illustrious revenge, Sébastien Loeb stalled the engine of his C3 WRC in the first pin left, losing a few seconds to finish at 15''9 Ogier and 0 "4 Pierre-Louis Loubet (Hyundai WRC2). Khalid Al-Qbadimi, Ken Block, on a Ford Fiesta prepared by M-Sport but hired by his own Hoonigan Racing, was slower than him among the drivers of a WRC, having made three rounds of a roundabout instead of a … just for fun!
Serious things will start Friday morning at 9:33, with the first of six stages of the first stage, the only one on the ground before two days on asphalt. The rally will be to follow all the weekend live commented on Motorsport.com.
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