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SS19: Ogier fights back in Finland

The battle is on for 2nd place

By Franck Drui

30 July 2011 - 15:30

Sebastien Ogier has closed to within 2.5s of Jari-Matti Latvala in the battle for second place on Neste Oil Rally Finland. Meanwhile, Latvala is now 12.5s behind leader Sebastien Loeb with three stages left.

Loeb, driving a Citroen DS3 WRC, is continuing to lose time running at the head of the field.

He said: “It’s cleaning a lot and very difficult to be first. I am making lines everywhere and for sure Latvala is catching me. Hopefully we will have enough for the next stages. It’s so dry that I am making the new line.”

Ford Fiesta RS WRC driver Latvala said: “Ogier is doing really well. He pushed hard on this stage but the game is still on. We are pushing.”

Mikko Hirvonen has closed to within 3.6s of Petter Solberg in the battle for fourth place after going fastest through the stage.

Pos.	Drvier	Car	Time
01	S. LOEB / D. ELENA	Citroën DS3 WRC	2h27m21.2s
02	J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+12.5s
03	S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA	Citroën DS3 WRC	+15.0s
04	P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON	Citroën DS3 WRC	+1m14.9s
05	M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m18.5s
06	M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m25.4s
07	H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+3m21.9s
08	M. WILSON / S. MARTIN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+3m44.9s
09	K. RAIKKONEN / K. LINDSTRÖM	Citroën DS3 WRC	+3m47.0s
10	D. SORDO / C. DEL BARRIO	MINI WRC	+3m49.3s
11	J. HANNINEN / M. MARKKULA	Skoda Fabia S2000	+4m43.8s
12	M. PROKOP / J. TOMÁNEK	FORD Fiesta S2000	+7m06.7s
13	D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+7m08.8s
14	O. TÄNAK / K. SIKK	FORD Fiesta S2000	+8m17.9s
15	P. ANDERSSON / E. AXELSSON	Subaru Impreza R4	+9m03.9s