SS18: Hirvonen increases lead in Sweden

On the short Gustavsfors stage

SS18: Hirvonen increases lead in Sweden
Author: Franck Drui
13 February 2011 - 09:42

Mikko Hirvonen has increased his lead of Rally Sweden following the first run through the Gustavsfors stage north east of the service park in Hagfors.

Driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC, Hirvonen was 1.6s faster than defending world champion Sebastien Loeb in a Citroen DS3 WRC.

Ostberg was third fastest through the run and is now 11.9s behind Hirvonen in the overall standings with four stages left to run.

Sebastien Ogier, in another DS3 WRC, continues to keep Jari-Matti Latvala at bay in fourth overall after going faster than the Finn for the second stage in a row.

Standings after SS18:

Pos.DriverCarTime
01 M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2h47m07.4s
02 M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON Ford Fiesta RS WRC +11.9s
03 P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON Citroën DS3 WRC +24.4s
04 S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA Citroën DS3 WRC +33.2s
05 J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA Ford Fiesta RS WRC +36.5s
06 S. LOEB / D. ELENA Citroën DS3 WRC +2m03.2s
07 P. ANDERSSON / E. AXELSSON Ford Fiesta RS WRC +5m53.9s
08 K. RÄIKKONEN / K. LINDSTRÖM Citroën DS3 WRC +5m59.1s
09 K. AL QASSIMI / M. ORR Ford Fiesta RS WRC +8m47.9s
10 M. WILSON / S. MARTIN Ford Fiesta RS WRC +8m53.9s
11 P. SANDELL / S. PARMANDER Skoda Fabia S2000 +10m00.4s
12 M. PROKOP / J. TOMANEK Ford Fiesta S2000 +10m27.2s
13 D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE Ford Fiesta RS WRC +11m28.7s
14 K. BLOCK / A. GELSOMINO Ford Fiesta RS WRC +14m39.4s
15 C. BREEN / G. ROBERTS Ford Fiesta S2000 +15m57.7s
SS17: Solberg and Latvala hit trouble SS19: Hirvonen edging closer to glory in Sweden
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