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SS16: Loeb and Sordo clear the early morning loop

News after SS16

By Franck Drui

22 August 2010 - 09:05

Rallye Deutschland leader Sebastien Loeb rounded off Sunday morning’s first loop of stages in confident form with a fastest time through Moselwein.

The defending world rally champion’s lead over his Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo stood at exactly 48 seconds as the pair headed back to Trier for a 30 minute service.

With no repeat of the stalling problem that slowed him on SS15, Sebastien Ogier remains third, 1min 22sec behind Sordo but 19sec ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala.

Ford team-leader Mikko Hirvonen dropped more than four minutes on the stage after his Ford Focus RS WRC remained stuck in one gear. The Finn retired on Saturday when the input shaft to his transmission broke. He restarted today as a SuperRally entrant.

Overall standings after SS16:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	3h30m58.0s
02	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+48.0s
03	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+2m10.8s
04	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+2m30.1s
05	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+5m14.7s
06	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+8m15.8s
07	Kimi RAIKKONEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+8m22.7s
08	Khalid AL QASSIMI	Ford Focus WRC	+15m57.0s
09	Mark VAN ELDIK	Subaru Impreza WRC	+16m01.3s
10	Patrik SANDELL	Skoda Fabia S2000	+16m08.4s
11	Martin PROKOP	Ford Fiesta S2000	+16m13.4s
12	Mikko HIRVONEN	Ford Focus WRC	+16m59.1s
13	Bernhard TEN BRINKE	Ford Focus WRC	+17m21.9s
14	Eyvind BRYNILDSEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+18m52.5s
15	Per Gunnar ANDERSSON	Skoda Fabia S2000	+19m14.3s