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SS10: Solberg fastest on Saturday’s final stage

Loeb extends his rally lead to 40 seconds

By Franck Drui

10 July 2010 - 17:22

Petter Solberg sealed a successful afternoon in Bulgaria on SS10 with a third consecutive stage victory and the promise of an exciting battle with Dani Sordo for second place on Sunday.

Solberg took another 4.9sec from Sordo’s advantage on the 24km Lyubnitsa stage - which should have run in the morning as SS7 but was cancelled because of spectator problems. Ahead of tomorrow’s final day Solberg trails the Spaniard by just 4.7sec.

Sebastien Loeb was Solberg’s closest rival though Lyubnitsa, in a time 1.1sec slower, while Sebastien Ogier was third fastest.

Overall standings after SS10:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	2h12m49.3s
02	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+40.5s
03	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+45.2s
04	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+2m05.7s
05	Mikko HIRVONEN	Ford Focus WRC	+2m50.4s
06	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+3m33.1s
07	Per Gunnar ANDERSSON	Ford Focus WRC	+4m35.8s
08	Frigyes TURAN	Peugeot 307 WRC	+5m39.2s
09	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+7m34.7s
10	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Fiesta S2000	+10m04.6s
11	Thierry NEUVILLE	Citroën C2 S1600	+11m21.8s
12	Petar GYOSHEV	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+11m34.2s
13	Hans WEIJS	Citroën C2 S1600	+12m12.9s
14	Kimi RAIKKONEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+12m51.1s
15	Denis KUIPERS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+12m56.1s