SS16: Loeb and Sordo clear the early morning loop

News after SS16

SS16: Loeb and Sordo clear the early morning loop
Author: 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.DriverCarTime
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
SS15: Latvala makes a move on third SS17: Raikkonen and Wilson scrap for sixth
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