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Sordo fastest in SS5, but Solberg leads

News after SS5

By Franck Drui

30 July 2010 - 11:27

Citroen driver Dani Sordo was the fastest driver through the repeated Jukojarvi test while Petter Solberg completed Friday morning’s loop with a 1.3 second overall lead of Neste Oil Rally Finland.

Sordo shaved more than 10 seconds off his earlier time through Jukojarvi (SS3), underlining the cleaning effect on the damp gravel road. The Spaniard remained third place in the overall standings, 3.8sec behind Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala, who was second quickest through SS5.

Sebastien Loeb dropped behind his team-mate Sebastien Ogier into fifth because of handling problems with his C4 WRC. Loeb lost his car’s front splitter 19km into SS4 and reported that the car was lifting too much over crests and jumps as a result.

Subaru privateer Mads Ostberg lost more than three minutes after stopping to change a puncture.

Overall standings after SS5:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	35m34.7s
02	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+1.3s
03	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+5.1s
04	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+11.8s
05	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	+18.9s
06	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Focus WRC	+23.0s
07	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+1m04.5s
08	Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+1m31.6s
09	Khalid AL QASSIMI	Ford Focus WRC	+1m38.6s
10	Juha KANKKUNEN	Ford Focus WRC	+1m45.3s
11	Jari KETOMAA	Ford Fiesta S2000	+1m51.0s
12	Juho HÄNNINEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+1m52.3s
13	Matti RANTANEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+2m15.0s
14	Per Gunnar ANDERSSON	Skoda Fabia S2000	+2m28.3s
15	Patrik SANDELL	Skoda Fabia S2000	+2m30.6s