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Another stage win for Hirvonen

As he increases his lead in Finland

By Franck Drui

30 July 2010 - 09:05

Mikko Hirvonen extended his lead in Finland to 4.9sec after setting the fastest time through the 22km Jukojarvi.

Hirvonen’s second consecutive stage win came despite an incident 4.6km from the start line when his car struck a roadside post which broke off and struck the windscreen.

But while his closest rival on Friday’s opener had been his Ford team-mate, this time Citroen C4 drivers Petter Solberg and Sebastien Loeb were second and third quickest.

Both Solberg and Loeb edged past Latvala in the overall standings, leaving Latvala fourth, 0.8sec adrift.

Standings after SS3:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Mikko HIRVONEN	Ford Focus WRC	19m03.7s
02	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+4.9s
03	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	+7.8s
04	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+8.6s
05	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+13.2s
06	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+15.4s
07	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Focus WRC	+21.7s
08	Mads ÖTSBERG	Subaru Impreza WRC	+32.2s
09	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+41.7s
10	Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+56.1s
11	Khalid AL QASSIMI	Ford Focus WRC	+1m03.8s
12	Jari KETOMAA	Ford Fiesta S2000	+1m04.4s
13	Juha KANKKUNEN	Ford Focus WRC	+1m08.2s
14	Juho HÄNNINEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+1m08.4s
15	Matti RANTANEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+1m18.7s