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Mikko Hirvonen (Citroën) leads rally de Italia Sardinia following the retirements of Loeb, Neuville, Latvala and Solberg on Friday.
The Finn inherited the lead when his teammate Sébastien Loeb went off in SS3. Later, it was Jari-Matti Latvala's turn to damage his radiator. Latvala managed to get his Ford back on the road, but went off again few kilometers later. Finally, Petter Solberg was also forced to retirement when he crashed out and damaged his steering.
Thanks to those incidents, Ford drivers Evgeny Novikov and Ott Tanak moved up to 2nd and 3rd positions. Mads Ostberg lost several minutes, having to complete the afternoon's loop with a steering issue aboard his Ford Fiesta.
Mikko Hirvonen is back in the same situation than in Portugal, where he emerged in the lead following his rivals' retirement, but lost his win after failing a post-race check, which revealed a non-homologated element in the engine.
Friday classification:
1. Hirvonen-Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 Wrc) in 1.56'525”5
2. Novikov-Minor (Ford Fiesta RS Wrc) + 1'09"6
3. Tanak-Sikk (Ford Fiesta RS Wrc) + 2'18”83
4. Ogier-Ingrassia (Skoda Fabia S2000) + 3'35”7
5. Atkinson-Prevot (Mini Cooper Wrc) + 3'54”9
6. Mikkelsen-Floene (Skoda Fabia S2000) + 4'40"3
7. Ostberg-Andersson (Ford Fiesta RS Wrc) + 4'46”0
8. Prokop-Hruza (Ford Fiesta RS Wrc) + 7'13”0
9. Kruuda-Jarveoja (Ford Fiesta S2000) + 8'26"2
10. P. Solberg-Patterson (Ford Fiesta Wrc) + 10'15"7
Etc.
The Finn inherited the lead when his teammate Sébastien Loeb went off in SS3. Later, it was Jari-Matti Latvala's turn to damage his radiator. Latvala managed to get his Ford back on the road, but went off again few kilometers later. Finally, Petter Solberg was also forced to retirement when he crashed out and damaged his steering.
Thanks to those incidents, Ford drivers Evgeny Novikov and Ott Tanak moved up to 2nd and 3rd positions. Mads Ostberg lost several minutes, having to complete the afternoon's loop with a steering issue aboard his Ford Fiesta.
Mikko Hirvonen is back in the same situation than in Portugal, where he emerged in the lead following his rivals' retirement, but lost his win after failing a post-race check, which revealed a non-homologated element in the engine.
Friday classification:
1. Hirvonen-Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 Wrc) in 1.56'525”5
2. Novikov-Minor (Ford Fiesta RS Wrc) + 1'09"6
3. Tanak-Sikk (Ford Fiesta RS Wrc) + 2'18”83
4. Ogier-Ingrassia (Skoda Fabia S2000) + 3'35”7
5. Atkinson-Prevot (Mini Cooper Wrc) + 3'54”9
6. Mikkelsen-Floene (Skoda Fabia S2000) + 4'40"3
7. Ostberg-Andersson (Ford Fiesta RS Wrc) + 4'46”0
8. Prokop-Hruza (Ford Fiesta RS Wrc) + 7'13”0
9. Kruuda-Jarveoja (Ford Fiesta S2000) + 8'26"2
10. P. Solberg-Patterson (Ford Fiesta Wrc) + 10'15"7
Etc.