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SS11: Sordo fastest for MINI

He ends Latvala’s winning run with stage victory

By Franck Drui

22 October 2011 - 16:53

Dani Sordo has recorded his first fastest stage time on this year’s RallyRACC-Rally de Espana.

The Spaniard’s performance on his home round of the WRC has halted Jari-Matti Latvala’s run of wins by going quickest on the penultimate stage of day two, the 12.27-kilometre Riba-roja d’Ebre test.

Driving a MINI John Cooper Works WRC, Sordo was 2.3s faster than event leader Sebastien Loeb to close to within 32.5s of third-placed Mikko Hirvonen.

Loeb, in a Citroen DS3 WRC, now heads Ford Fiesta RS WRC driver Latvala by 29.8s in the battle for first place. Hirvonen, level on points with Loeb in the drivers’ standings is now 1m23.1s behind Loeb.

Standings after SS11:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	S. LOEB / D. ELENA	Citroën DS3 WRC	2h58m54.9s
02	J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+29.8s
03	M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m52.9s
04	D. SORDO / C. DEL BARRIO	MINI WRC	+2m25.4s
05	S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA	Citroën DS3 WRC	+3m41.7s
06	K. MEEKE / P. NAGLE	MINI WRC	+4m07.1s
07	M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+4m44.0s
08	H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+6m28.1s
09	E. NOVIKOV / D. GIRAUDET	Citroën DS3 WRC	+7m10.3s
10	M. WILSON / S. MARTIN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+8m34.0s
11	D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+8m59.5s
12	N. AL-ATTIYAH / G. BERNACCHINI	FORD Fiesta S2000	+9m47.0s
13	J. HÄNNINEN / M. MARKKULA	SKODA Fabia S2000	+9m50.7s
14	M. PROKOP / J. TOMÁNEK	FORD Fiesta S2000	+10m32.6s
15	K. AL QASSIMI / M. ORR	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+10m45.6s