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SS18: Loeb leads by 50sec

With just the Super Special to go

By Franck Drui

22 August 2010 - 12:33

Sebastien Loeb will take a 50 second lead into the final stage of Rallye Deutschland after clearing the penultimate test in another stage winning time.

With only the Circus Maximus Super Special still to run, just 4.3 kilometres stand between the French driver and his eighth victory on this rally.

The rest of the positions in the top five look settled, while a good defensive drive from Brit Mathew Wilson looks to have ended Raikkonen chances of claiming back sixth. Wilson will take a 5.6sec advantage into the final test.

Overall standing after SS18 :

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	3h56m19.1s
02	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+50.6s
03	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+2m15.7s
04	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+2m35.8s
05	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+5m22.8s
06	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+8m50.2s
07	Kimi RAIKKONEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+8m55.8s
08	Khalid AL QASSIMI	Ford Focus WRC	+17m32.8s
09	Mark VAN ELDIK	Subaru Impreza WRC	+17m50.7s
10	Patrik SANDELL	Skoda Fabia S2000	+17m53.2s
11	Martin PROKOP	Ford Fiesta S2000	+17m56.5s
12	Bernhard TEN BRINKE	Ford Focus WRC	+18m58.5s
13	Per Gunnar ANDERSSON	Skoda Fabia S2000	+21m03.9s
14	Eyvind BRYNILDSEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+21m04.9s
15	Xavier PONS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+23m45.5s