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Loeb well placed at Saturday midpoint

With Latvala 2nd and Solberg 3rd

By Franck Drui

3 April 2010 - 11:02

Another stage winning performance from Sebastien Loeb on SS17 moved the Frenchman further ahead in the Jordan Rally as Saturday’s competition reached its midpoint.

With just the repeat loop of the morning’s stages still to run, Loeb leads Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala by 37.8sec, while Petter Solberg, in a Citroen C4, is third, 20.8sec further back.

Sebastien Loeb’s lead of the Jordan Rally stood at 33.4 seconds after Saturday’s third stage, with the Frenchman remaining on course for victory today.

With his Citroen stable-mate Sebastien Ogier sweeping the road ahead of him, Loeb was second fastest to Petter Solberg through SS15 and the outright stage winner on SS16.

Second overall Jari-Matti Latvala set a string of top three times, but had no answer to Loeb’s pace.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	3h16m24.3s
02	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+37.8s
03	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+58.6s
04	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+1m36.1s
05	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+6m50.9s
06	Federico VILLAGRA	Ford Focus WRC	+9m22.1s
07	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+9m56.9s
08	Kimi RAIKKÖNEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+10m23.9s
09	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Focus WRC	+12m54.8s
10	Xavier PONS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+14m31.8s
11	Patrik FLODIN	Subaru Impreza Gr N	+14m42.6s
12	Armindo ARAÚJO	Mitsubishi Lancer Gr N	+16m18.7s
13	Yazeed AL RAJHI	Peugeot 207 S2000	+19m38.8s
14	Eyvind BRYNILDSEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+26m14.4s
15	Nicholai GEORGIOU	Mitsubishi Lancer Gr N	+31m06.4s