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SS21: Second Mexico stage win for Latvala

Very slippery and not easy

By Franck Drui

6 March 2011 - 17:40

Sebastien Loeb has moved a step closer to winning his fifth Rally Guanajuato Mexico after completing the penultimate stage of the WRC qualifier with his commanding lead intact.

The Citroen Total World Rally Team driver reached the end of the test 2.7s faster than factory Ford pilot Mikko Hirvonen, who trails the Frenchman in the overall standings by 1m40.5s.

Jari-Matti Latvala, at the wheel of a Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Fiesta RS WRC, was fastest through the stage, his second scratch time of the event.

Henning Solberg started the stage late after changing his Fiesta RS WRC’s alternator belt on the road section heading to the run.

There is one stage left before the finish in Leon, the 8.28-kilometre Guanajuato Power Stage, which gets underway at 11:11hrs local time and will be shown live on television around the world.

Standings after SS21:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	S. LOEB / D. ELENA	Citroën DS3 WRC	3h48m34.5s
02	M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1m40.5s
03	J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+2m23.5s
04	P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON	Citroën DS3 WRC	+7m18.4s
05	M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+8m37.7s
06	H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+9m43.0s
07	N. AL-ATTIYAH / G. BERNACCHINI	Ford Fiesta S2000	+12m56.0s
08	M. PROKOP / J. TOMANEK	Ford Fiesta S2000	+13m12.6s
09	J. HÄNNINEN / M. MARKKULA	Skoda Fabia S2000	+14m31.1s
10	F. VILLAGRA / J. PÉREZ COMPANC	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+47m00.9s
11	O. TANAK / K. SIKK	Ford Fiesta S2000	+53m10.1s
12	B. GUERRA / J. MARIN	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+1h01m21.2s
13	K. BLOCK / A. GELSOMINO	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1h03m50.8s
14	F. NAME / A. ZAPATA	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1h05m25.1s
15	M. JOURDAIN / M. PIMENTEL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1h06m55.5s