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SS4 : Citroen’s Loeb leads in Sardinia

After the morning loop

By Franck Drui

6 May 2011 - 13:42

Sebastien Loeb has moved ahead of Mikko Hirvonen at the top of the Rally d’Italia Sardegna leaderboard after setting the pace on stage four.

Loeb now leads Hirvonen by 2.4s with four stages of day one remaining.

Petter Solberg trailed Loeb by 0.7s through the stage in his Citroen DS3 WRC as he continues to recover from the delay he suffered when his car’s turbo boost pipe worked loose on stage two.

Hirvonen was third fastest with Evgeny Novikov continuing to impress by setting the fourth quickest time in his Fiesta to keep hold of the final podium spot in the overall standings.

Crews are now at the regroup and remote service halt in Siamanna near Oristano in the west of the island.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	S. LOEB / D. ELENA	Citroën DS3 WRC	44m35.2s
02	M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+2.7s
03	E. NOVIKOV / S. PREVOT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+11.9s
04	M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+19.8s
05	S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA	Citroën DS3 WRC	+20.8s
06	P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON	Citroën DS3 WRC	+26.3s
07	H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+42.4s
08	D. SORDO / C. DEL BARRIO	MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS	+45.5s
09	O. TANAK / K. SIKK	FORD FIESTA S2000	+1m02.2s
10	M. PROKOP / J. TOMANEK	Ford Fiesta S2000	+1m11.2s
11	M. WILSON / S. MARTIN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m19.0s
12	N. AL-ATTIYAH / G. BERNACCHINI	Ford Fiesta S2000	+1m33.8s
13	J. HANNINEN / M. MARKKULA	SKODA FABIA S2000	+1m36.4s
14	F. VILLAGRA / J. PEREZ COMPANC	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m44.9s
15	D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m53.3s