SS8 : Hirvonen lands third stage best

As Ogier slows down

SS8 : Hirvonen lands third stage best
Author: Franck Drui
6 May 2011 - 18:37

Mikko Hirvonen has claimed his third stage victory of Rally d’Italia Sardegna to move from fourth to third in the overall classification in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC.

Petter Solberg was second fastest and takes the runner-up spot from Sebastien Ogier, who elected to slow in order to secure a lower and more favourable road position for Saturday’s stages. He falls to fourth overall behind Hirvonen.

Sebastien Loeb was third quickest and will start day two with a lead of 33.2s in his Citroen DS3 WRC.

“This stage was more difficult compared to the others because there was a lot of road cleaning,” said Loeb. “It was very slippery but I lost some time and tried hard.”

Standings after SS8:

Pos.DriverCarTime
01 S. LOEB / D. ELENA Citroën DS3 WRC 1h27m47.0s
02 P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON Citroën DS3 WRC +33.2s
03 M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN Ford Fiesta RS WRC +53.1s
04 S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA Citroën DS3 WRC +55.5s
05 M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON Ford Fiesta RS WRC +1m04.7s
06 D. SORDO / C. DEL BARRIO MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS +1m33.2s
07 O. TANAK / K. SIKK FORD FIESTA S2000 +2m36.0s
08 M. WILSON / S. MARTIN Ford Fiesta RS WRC +2m54.5s
09 M. PROKOP / J. TOMANEK Ford Fiesta S2000 +3m01.7s
10 J. HANNINEN / M. MARKKULA SKODA FABIA S2000 +3m19.8s
11 A. ARAÚJO / R. MIGUEL MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS +4m30.1s
12 K. AL QASSIMI / M. ORR Ford Fiesta RS WRC +4m53.5s
13 D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE Ford Fiesta RS WRC +5m39.2s
14 N. AL ATTIYAH / G. BERNACCHINI Ford Fiesta S2000 +6m06.4s
15 B. SOUSA / A. COSTA Ford Fiesta S2000 +6m21.5s
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