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Citroën attack nets Ogier 2nd place

After SS13

By Franck Drui

31 July 2010 - 09:00

Citroen C4 WRC driver Sebastien Ogier moved ahead of Petter Solberg into second place on the 29km Vaarinmaja stage, slotting in 15.2sec behind rally leader Jari-Matti Latvala.

Ogier’s team-mate Sebastien Loeb was also on a charge - setting the fastest time and moving closer to a podium finish. Heading to the refuel before SS14, the Frenchman was just 8.2sec behind the newly relegated Solberg.

Petter was fifth fastest and said a lack of familiarity with the stages - a result of his retirement in Finland last year - had held him back.

Kimi Raikkonen dropped another three minutes to the leaders on SS13. The Finn’s car lost its front bumper and spoiler in his earlier off and also collected two damaged tyres. With only one spare, the Finn completed SS13 with just three fully inflated tyres.

Overall standings after SS13:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	1h30m32.3s
02	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+15.2s
03	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+16.8s
04	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	+25.0s
05	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+48.9s
06	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+3m16.4s
07	Juha KANKKUNEN	Ford Focus WRC	+4m04.6s
08	Mads ÖTSBERG	Subaru Impreza WRC	+4m47.2s
09	Juho HÄNNINEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+5m01.7s
10	Per Gunnar ANDERSSON	Skoda Fabia S2000	+5m50.0s
11	Patrik SANDELL	Skoda Fabia S2000	+6m29.7s
12	Toni GARDEMEISTER	Ford Fiesta S2000	+6m36.3s
13	Martin PROKOP	Ford Fiesta S2000	+7m26.6s
14	Mattias THERMAN	Ford Focus WRC	+7m31.4s
15	Janne TUOHINO	Ford Fiesta S2000	+7m38.9s