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SS2: Loeb quickest again, Ogier up to second

Loeb extends his rally lead to 16 seconds

By Franck Drui

9 July 2010 - 12:00

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb was the fastest man through stage two in Bulgaria, extending his rally lead to 16 seconds after the opening 59 kilometres of the rally.

Loeb’s Citroen stable-mate Sebastien Ogier moved ahead of Dani Sordo into second place in the overall standings, while the closest man to Loeb on the stage was Petter Solberg - tackling his first rally with new co-driver Chris Patterson.

Solberg held fourth place overall, with Kimi Raikkonen rounding off an all-Citroen top five. Ford Focus driver Mikko Hirvonen holds sixth, 41.6 seconds off the lead.

Overall standings after SS2:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	32m42.3s
02	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+16.0s
03	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+18.6s
04	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+20.4s
05	Kimi RAIKKONEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+34.3s
06	Mikko HIRVONEN	Ford Focus WRC	+41.6s
07	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+46.7s
08	Per Gunnar ANDERSSON	Ford Focus WRC	+1m19.3s
09	Frigyes TURAN	Peugeot 307 WRC	+1m33.8s
10	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+2m01.8s
11	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Fiesta S2000	+2m26.8s
12	Mathieu ARZENO	Citroën C2 S1600	+2m43.2s
13	Thierry NEUVILLE	Citroën C2 S1600	+2m47.5s
14	Dimitar ILIEV	Skoda Fabia S2000	+2m51.1s
15	Jasen POPOV	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+2m55.0s