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SS9 and SS10: Ogier and Loeb share the laurels

As day one comes to an end

By Franck Drui

5 March 2011 - 07:31

Citroen heroes Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier have claimed a win apiece on the two runs through the day-closing superspecial stage in Leon tonight.

Loeb was fastest on the first run - stage nine - 0.2s quicker than Petter Solberg, to trim Ogier’s overall advantage to 1.1s. However, Ogier hit back on the second run - stage 10 - to beat Loeb by 1.2s and take a lead of 2.3s into day two of the event.

The result means that Citroen’s DS3 WRC has been fastest on all 10 stages run so far.

Crews are now making the short journey from Leon’s race circuit - venue of the two superspecial stages - to Leon’s Poliforum exhibition centre for the overnight halt.

Standings after SS10:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA	Citroën DS3 WRC	1h27m22.3s
02	S. LOEB / D. ELENA	Citroën DS3 WRC	+2.3s
03	M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m22.2s
04	J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+2m53.6s
05	E. NOVIKOV / S. PRÉVOT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+3m04.0s
06	H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+3m16.5s
07	D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+5m06.8s
08	N. AL-ATTIYAH / G. BERNACCHINI	Ford Fiesta S2000	+5m15.2s
09	O. TANAK / K. SIKK	Ford Fiesta S2000	+5m42.2s
10	M. PROKOP / J. TOMANEK	Ford Fiesta S2000	+6m07.8s
11	M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+6m22.0s
12	J. HÄNNINEN / M. MARKKULA	Skoda Fabia S2000	+7m23.4s
13	P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON	Citroën DS3 WRC	+7m36.0s
14	R. SALGADO / D. SALGADO	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+12m42.0s
15	M. WILSON / S. MARTIN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+17m52.2s