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No superspecial shocks in Turkey

Sebastien Ogier still the leader after Day 1

By Franck Drui

16 April 2010 - 20:32

The all-asphalt Superspecial in Istanbul brought no nasty surprises on Friday night, with all the leading crews completing it without a hitch.

Fastest around the tight and twisty head-to-head stage was Sebastien Loeb, who was four-tenths quicker than his nearest rival, rally leader Sebastien Ogier. Petter Solberg was third quickest to seal a Citroen one, two, three on the night-time stage.

Ogier’s rapid performance enabled him to extend his overall lead - almost doubling it from 2.8sec to 5.5sec.

Standings after SS9:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	55m32.7s
02	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+5.5s
03	Mikko HIRVONEN	Ford Focus WRC	+12.2s
04	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+18.5s
05	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	+24.9s
06	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+27.5s
07	Federico VILLAGRA	Ford Focus WRC	+1m42.9s
08	Kimi RAIKKÖNEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+1m50.6s
09	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+2m04.6s
10	Ott TANAK	Mitsubishi Lancer Gr N	+4m59.1s
11	Aaron BURKART	Suzuki Swift S1600	+6m36.2s
12	Thierry NEUVILLE	Citroën C2 S1600	+6m43.7s
13	Dennis KUIPERS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+6m44.8s
14	Kevin ABBRING	Renault Clio R3	+6m50.0s
15	Aleksandr SALUK	Mitsubishi Lancer Gr N	+7m04.7s