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Leaders clear the three sprints

News after SS10

By Franck Drui

10 September 2010 - 12:59

Friday’s competition on Rally Japan concluded with a trio of short sprint stages, none of which altered the order of the top 10.

Mikko Hirvonen was fastest through the 3.5km Koyka test, trimming 1.1sec off Petter Solberg’s rally lead, although the Norwegian clawed back all but one-tenth of that on the two passes over the Super Special which followed.

Sebastien Loeb was fastest around the Sapporo Dome circuit on the SS9 pass, while Solberg was quickest on the next [SS10] to consolidate an overnight rally lead of 9.4sec.

Overall standings after SS10 - end of Day 2:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	1h13m31.2s
02	Mikko HIRVONEN	Ford Focus WRC	+9.4s
03	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+21.3s
04	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+22.4s
05	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+36.5s
06	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	+54.5s
07	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Focus WRC	+1m22.2s
08	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+3m16.9s
09	Federico VILLAGRA	Ford Focus WRC	+3m46.5s
10	Kimi RAIKKONEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+4m03.1s
11	Jari KETOMAA	Ford Fiesta S2000	+6m03.9s
12	Martin PROKOP	Ford Fiesta S2000	+6m59.2s
13	Patrik FLODIN	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	+8m18.1s
14	Bernardo SOUSA	Ford Fiesta S2000	+8m34.7s
15	Hayden PADDON	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+10m18.9s