SS5 : Loeb quickest again to take Mexico lead

Ahead of teammate Ogier

SS5 : Loeb quickest again to take Mexico lead
Author: Franck Drui
4 March 2011 - 20:08

Sebastien Loeb has won the final stage of the opening loop of tests on Rally Guanajuato Mexico this morning to take the overall lead.

Armed with a Citroen DS3 WRC, Loeb was 1.3 seconds faster through the short, all-asphalt street test close to the indoor service park in Leon. He now heads team-mate Sebastien Ogier by 1.3s after Ogier could only manage the fourth best time.

Petter Solberg was second fastest with Jari-Matti Latvala third quickest in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC as he looks to make up the time he lost with a puncture on stage four.

World championship leader Mikko Hirvonen was fifth quickest on the stage, 0.3s faster than Mads Ostberg, at the wheel of another Fiesta.

Crews now have a 30-minute service halt in Leon before stage six, Alfaro 2, gets underway.

Standings after SS5:

Pos.DriverCarTime
01 S. LOEB / D. ELENA Citroën DS3 WRC 43m24.0s
02 S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA Citroën DS3 WRC +0.7s
03 P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON Citroën DS3 WRC +18.4s
04 M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN Ford Fiesta RS WRC +40.9s
05 M. WILSON / S. MARTIN Ford Fiesta RS WRC +1m38.0s
06 E. NOVIKOV / S. PRÉVOT Ford Fiesta RS WRC +1m43.4s
07 H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR Ford Fiesta RS WRC +1m56.5s
08 D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE Ford Fiesta RS WRC +2m31.7s
09 J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA Ford Fiesta RS WRC +2m40.2s
10 N. AL-ATTIYAH / G. BERNACCHINI Ford Fiesta S2000 +2m40.9s
11 O. TANAK / K. SIKK Ford Fiesta S2000 +2m52.4s
12 M. PROKOP / J. TOMANEK Ford Fiesta S2000 +2m59.3s
13 B. GUERRA / D. CUE Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X +4m23.1s
14 J. HÄNNINEN / M. MARKKULA Skoda Fabia S2000 +4m39.8s
15 M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON Ford Fiesta RS WRC +4m57.9s
SS4 : First stage triumph for Loeb Loeb leads after opening morning in Mexico
Partage

WRC

More about WRC