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SS10: Solberg back in front

Solberg retakes lead in France

By Franck Drui

1 October 2011 - 09:18

Rallye de France Alsace has a new leader after Petter Solberg charged into first place on the world championship qualifier following his fastest time through Saturday’s second stage.

Solberg, in his self-run Citroen DS3 WRC, now heads erstwhile leader Dani Sordo’s MINI John Cooper Works WRC by 0.6s with Ogier 1.1s behind in third in his factory DS3.

Kris Meeke, in the second MINI, continues to hold an impressive fourth overall on his Rallye de France Alsace debut. Jari-Matti Latvala was again the fastest of the factory Ford drivers in his Fiesta RS WRC. The Finn is now 14.9s behind Meeke in fifth.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON	Citroën DS3 WRC	1h36m42.0s
02	D. SORDO / C. DEL BARRIO	MINI WRC	+0.6s
03	S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA	Citroën DS3 WRC	+1.1s
04	K. MEEKE / P. NAGLE	MINI WRC	+1m02.6s
05	J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m17.5s
06	M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m29.9s
07	M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+2m58.8s
08	D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+3m21.2s
09	A. ARAÚJO / M. RAMALHO	MINI WRC	+3m34.1s
10	H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+3m48.9s
11	E. NOVIKOV / D. GIRAUDET	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+3m52.0s
12	K. BLOCK / A. GELSOMINO	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+4m55.6s
13	P. CAMPANA / S. DE CASTELLI	MINI WRC	+5m02.6s
14	O. TÄNAK / K. SIKK	Ford Fiesta S2000	+5m06.7s
15	M. WILSON / S. MARTIN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+5m11.5s