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SS12: Stage win gives Sordo the upper hand

Solberg adopted a cautious approach

By Franck Drui

11 July 2010 - 09:43

The fight for second place in Bulgaria swung back in Dani Sordo’s favour on SS12, when a stage win for the Spaniard meant he extended his lead over Petter Solberg to more than six seconds.

Solberg was Sordo’s closest rival though the stage, but said he had adopted a cautious approach when his car felt nervous on dirty sections of asphalt.

Sebastien Loeb was third quickest and will take a comfortable 33 second lead into this afternoon’s two final stages. Before that, crews return to Dolna Banya for a 30-minute service.

Standings after SS12:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	2h37m50.3s
02	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+33.4s
03	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+39.9s
04	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+2m02.5s
05	Mikko HIRVONEN	Ford Focus WRC	+3m06.1s
06	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+4m09.4s
07	Per Gunnar ANDERSSON	Ford Focus WRC	+4m56.8s
08	Frigyes TURAN	Peugeot 307 WRC	+6m18.6s
09	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+8m40.3s
10	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Fiesta S2000	+11m41.6s
11	Kimi RAIKKONEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+13m12.3s
12	Thierry NEUVILLE	Citroën C2 S1600	+13m32.4s
13	Hans WEIJS	Citroën C2 S1600	+14m26.8s
14	Denis KUIPERS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+14m43.0s
15	Eyvind BRYNILDSEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+15m44.6s