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Petter retakes the lead

News after SS16

By Franck Drui

11 September 2010 - 10:55

Petter Solberg moved back into the lead of Rally Japan on SS16 after Jari-Matti Latvala failed to hang on to the position with his three-wheel-drive Ford Focus.

The broken driveshaft cost Latvala around two seconds per kilometre over the 9km Kina stage and dropped the Finn to fourth in the overall standings.

Stage winner Solberg holds a 4.3sec advantage at the top of the standings, with Ford team-leader Mikko Hirvonen his closest rival. With Sunday’s running order based on the positions after SS16, Solberg and Hirvonen will be first and second on the road.

Sebastien Ogier slowed deliberately on SS16 - slotting into third place in an effort to give himself a better position in the final day’s start order.

Overall standings after SS16:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	2h25m56.4s
02	Mikko HIRVONEN	Ford Focus WRC	+4.3s
03	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+5.7s
04	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+12.7s
05	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+15.0s
06	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	+38.2s
07	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Focus WRC	+2m04.9s
08	Kimi RAIKKONEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+6m59.4s
09	Federico VILLAGRA	Ford Focus WRC	+7m38.8s
10	Jari KETOMAA	Ford Fiesta S2000	+11m21.1s
11	Martin PROKOP	Ford Fiesta S2000	+12m18.0s
12	Patrik FLODIN	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	+15m57.0s
13	Hayden PADDON	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+19m21.0s
14	Haruo OSHIMA	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+22m43.9s
15	Eiichi IWASHITA	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+25m31.2s