After the surprise initial see Mads Ostberg as first and Loeb being constantly overcome by pilots with worst mount we have reached an afternoon loop much more similar to what they knew. In spite of this Norwegian pilot Stobart Ostberg, followed by sending in the overall standings during the second past by Friday sections.
The difference after the special fifth stabilised than the half-minute difference on the runner-up Mikko Hirvonen. Scratch, however, was not for any of the two pilots, but that recorded it a Per Gunnar Andersson arrived with a desire to recover the time lost by mistake during the morning. To be able to vote this post you must login or register here.
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For its part Petter Solberg saw as fell you a penalty of ten seconds to the out late assists that divided the two loops. Another of the Citroen, in this case Sebastien Ogier achieves special second the afternoon the first scratch for the gala brand in what we have been of rallye.
Certainly surprising East done, if we consider the C4 WRC finished last season with an iron hand to dominate the Championship. Sebastien Loeb also increased the pace and reached less than three seconds behind his teammate.
However the Alsatian was not going to avoid bad luck, by clicking on the last stretch of the day, leaving a handful of seconds with its rivals. While both head Mads Ostberg continued as leader, but this time it was seen as Mikko Hirvonen was approached much after cut almost 20 seconds to experience problems with your Ford Fiesta RS WRC lights.
Other than had problems of visibility was Petter Solberg, who reported problems with marred his windshield that did not let him attack background. In spite of this, the Norwegian has finished the day third general with 12.6 seconds ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala.
1 M. OSTBERG 1: 17: 21 2 0.0
2 M. HIRVONEN 1: 17: 36 0 + 14.8
3 P. SOLBERG 1: 18: 18 6 + 57.4
4 J. LATVALA 1: 18: 31 2 + 1: 10. 0
5 H. SOLBERG 1: 18: 41 5 + 1: 20. 3
6 S. OGIER 1: 18: 42 8 + 1: 21. 6
7 P. SANDELL 1: 19: 56 3 + 2: 35. 1
8 E. BRYNILDSEN 1: 20: 04 7 + 2: 43. 5
9 S. LOEB 1: 20: 09 6 + 2: 48. 4
10 K. TO BITING 1: 21: 33 6 + 4: 12. 4
