SS2: Ogier closes on Loeb as Sordo flies

He is now 0.1s behind

By Franck Drui
30 September 2011 - 09:14
SS2: Ogier closes on Loeb as Sordo flies

Sebastien Ogier has slashed Citroen team-mate Sebastien Loeb’s lead on Rallye de France Alsace to 0.1s after topping the times through the Ungersberg stage.

Ogier, who climbs ahead of Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala into second, was 3.6s quicker than Loeb with Dani Sordo a sensational second fastest in his MINI John Cooper Works WRC to move into fifth in the overall classification.

Former world champion Petter Solberg was fourth in his privateer DS3 WRC, with Mikko Hirvonen the fastest of the Ford Fiesta RS WRC drivers in fifth, 5.0s slower than Ogier. Team-mate Latvala was 6.3s off the pace.

By setting the seventh fastest time Briton Kris Meeke has moved up to seventh place in his MINI. Portugal’s Armindo Araujo remains in the top 10 in his semi-works MINI.

Standings after SS2:

Pos.DriverCarTime
01 S. LOEB / D. ELENA Citroën DS3 WRC 14m48.8s
02 S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA Citroën DS3 WRC +0.1s
03 J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA Ford Fiesta RS WRC +5.3s
04 P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON Citroën DS3 WRC +5.4s
05 D. SORDO / C. DEL BARRIO MINI WRC +6.1s
06 M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN Ford Fiesta RS WRC +7.3s
07 K. MEEKE / P. NAGLE MINI WRC +10.9s
08 M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON Ford Fiesta RS WRC +14.2s
09 K. RÄIKKÖNEN / K. LINDSTRÖM Citroën DS3 WRC +17.1s
10 A. ARAÚJO / M. RAMALHO MINI WRC +28.1s
11 D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE Ford Fiesta RS WRC +28.8s
12 E. NOVIKOV / D. GIRAUDET Ford Fiesta RS WRC +32.9s
13 K. BLOCK / A. GELSOMINO Ford Fiesta RS WRC +36.2s
14 H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR Ford Fiesta RS WRC +38.1s
15 M. WILSON / S. MARTIN Ford Fiesta RS WRC +40.3s
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