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Steve · Oct 11, 2012

Here's one from last year, and, you know, Sardegna this time.

Good stuff in here and the sort of thing they should see next week.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkI93jPyYzU]Rally d'Italia Sardegna 2011 - WRC - YouTube[/ame]

Crashton · Oct 11, 2012

Great video, what a stage road!

I know it says gravel, but in past years it was a gravel & tarmac event. :confused5:

Steve · Oct 11, 2012

Yeah, it is very good. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention and posted a video from Sanremo rather than Sardegna ... and it's for the IRC shakedown rather than WRC.

Oh well, still a good vid, I guess I'll leave it. :rolleyes5:

Crashton · Oct 11, 2012

They looked like S2000 cars. Wrong video or not cool road & cool cars.

Steve · Oct 14, 2012

WRC Team MINI Portugal Rally Italia Sardegna Preview (RallySportLive.com)

By RSL Staff â€“ October 14, 2012

â€˜So, hello! My name is Katie and I run Motorsport Italiaâ€™s communications. Well, this is novel â€“ being on the other side of the press release lens! After exposing everyone else, itâ€™s now my turn to try and bring Motorsport Italia to life for you.

â€˜The task is simple â€“ all I need to do is prove that our work is fascinating (and motivating, yes motivating is a good word), the people are unfailingly charming and we have an existence that dreams are made of. No problem, letâ€™s get started right away.

â€˜On event I work up to 20 hours a day, potentially in -30 degrees, torrential rain or up to my knees (slight exaggeration there) in mud. We all bicker chronically and constantly about the best plan of attack and we rarely manage to squeeze in a holiday or even time off at the weekend! BUT (and thatâ€™s a very big BUT â€“ note the capitals), I love it. :smile5:

â€˜Itâ€™s been an â€˜interestingâ€™ period for the team between Rallye de France and Rally dâ€™Italia. Firstly, we only had one week to prepare gravel spec cars for Chris and Paulo. Thatâ€™ s a challenge in itself; switching the anti-roll bars, brake system, dampers, springs, upright pins, rims, air duct and diff settings (yes, somebody with far more technical expertise than me did supply that list! :wink: )

â€˜But as you probably know, weâ€™ve also had some big news: MINI will cease its works involvement in the WRC from 2013. Weâ€™ve all enjoyed working with MINI, so itâ€™s a real shame, but I can confirm that we have three clear objectives for the rest of 2012:

Fulfill our obligation to MINI. At the start of the season, we were charged with the responsibility of homologating the MINI John Cooper Works Countryman WRC and homologate it we will. This will give all our MINI family members the chance to compete with the car on a customer rallying basis. Our integrity as a team is important to us and we always see our promises through soâ€¦ Letâ€™s go Atko! Get your MINI into gear and letâ€™s show everyone what you (and we) are made of!

Support our sister team Ralliart Italia. We really hope to see Benny Guerra or Michal Kościuszko scoop the PWRC world title either here or in Spain. Theyâ€™re currently first and second in the Championship standings, soâ€¦ weâ€™re right behind you, boys!

Confirm a project for next season. Everyoneâ€™s seen the team grow throughout this season and we believe we have a strong future in motorsport (and are utterly addicted! :wink: ), soâ€¦ watch this space!

â€˜That brings me to my latest challenge: Rally Italia Sardegna, Motorsport Italiaâ€™s home event and my first time in Sardinia. Not knowing anything about the event from past experience, youâ€™ll be learning at the same time as me! StÃ©phaneâ€™s back on board the MINI next to Atko, our 01Bâ€™s on its gravel dÃ©but, Paulo and Edu are ready to raise the roof and adrenalin is pumping.

â€˜One of the great things about our crews is that theyâ€™re totally integrated in the team. Paulo can put a smile on anyoneâ€™s face even after the most grueling of days and â€˜arrive and driveâ€™ is Chrisâ€™ idea of a nightmare â€“ heâ€™s on top of everything, giving detailed development feedback, getting involved in technical discussions and masterfully tackling any PR activities thrown at him (however crazy!)

â€˜And thatâ€™s what makes the team. Everyoneâ€™s pushed to the limit with an unbelievable number of tasks to handle, but nobody wants to let the operation down. A big advantage of having a tight team is that decisions are made quickly and acted upon even quicker!

â€˜Everyone knows that I could write (and talk) forever so Iâ€™ll give you a little respite now before we kick off on Thursday.

â€˜Until then,
Katie
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Steve · Oct 16, 2012

Four days of action for Sardinia (best-of-rallylive.com)

16/10/2012 5:01 pm

With only 306.04km of competitive action on the programme, the 2012 Rally dâ€™Italia is the second shortest round of this yearâ€™s world championship after Finland (303km). It should be one of the most â€˜relaxedâ€™ events of the season, too, since its menu features just 16 stages over a period of four daysâ€¦

Now that SÃ©bastien Loeb, Daniel Elena and CitroÃ«n/Michelin have sealed their respective world titles after the recent Rallye de France, this weekendâ€™s penultimate round of the 2012 WRC is unlikely to call for any of the tactical gameplay that has been a feature of recent rounds.

Following Mondayâ€™s shock announcement that Ford has decided to withdraw from the championship, however, the Italian event will be one of only two chances that remain to see a straight fight between the championshipâ€™s most loyal manufacturer and CitroÃ«n.

Ford WRT/Michelinâ€™s Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg will no doubt be eager, therefore, to benefit from the last all-gravel fixture of the season to try to beat Loeb before he, too, takes a step back with a more relaxed personal schedule in 2013.

Sardinia will also be the penultimate round of the PWRC in which Mitsubishi/Michelin runners Michal Kosciuszko Benito Guierra attempt to steal an advantage before the final showdown in Catalonia.

Meanwhile, the Italian round has switched from a May date to a slot much later in the year, one of the reasons being the greater chance October offers in terms of good weather. Happily, the event didnâ€™t take place a few of days ago when a deluge swept across the Mediterranean island on Sunday/Monday. Since then, strong winds and sunshine are likely to dry out the sandy stages, but the conditions promise to be softer than expected.

For information, the front-runners will have 45 tyres avaialble in Sardinia: 35 hard-compound Michelin Latitude Crosss H1s, and 10 'alternative' soft-compound S1s...

In addition to its date change, the eventâ€™s other main modification compared with 2011 is the dropping of the stages on the western side of the island in favour of a day of competitive action on new territory on the northern coast, near Sassari, where a third of the total stage distance will be based on Friday. Thursdayâ€™s two stages, Saturdayâ€™s action and Sundayâ€™s short finale will all take place within easy access of host town Olbia.

With only two attempts at â€˜Gallura (8.24km), Sundayâ€™s programme will be one of the shortest final dayâ€™s in the championshipâ€™s history.
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Steve · Oct 17, 2012

Rally Italia Sardegna: five reasons to get excited (WRC.com)

17 Oct 12

Rally Italia Sardegna, the penultimate round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship, won't just be a feast of dramatic action on the stages as WRC.com explains.

1: Ford ready to build on Welsh win

A little over a month ago, Fordâ€™s Fiesta RS WRC dominated Wales Rally GB - the previous gravel round of the series. This weekâ€™s Sardinian outing is the first chance the M-Sport-run cars have had to show that Jari-Matti Latvalaâ€™s Cardiff success was no flash in the pan.

2: Hirvonenâ€™s big chance

Mikko Hirvonen is a realist. He knows heâ€™s going to be hard pressed to beat Citroen team-mate Sebastien Loeb on the final round of the WRC in Catalunya next month, so he has to triumph here in Italy to avoid his first winless season since 2005. The Finn has promised to push harder than ever in the race against his Ford rivals and the fast Frenchman in the other DS3 WRC.

3: Plenty of prosciutto

Away from the stages, Rally Italia Sardegna is a feast in every sense of the word. Both Porto Cervo and Olbia provide opportunities aplenty to tuck into some local Italian cuisine. And itâ€™s all good - especially the prosciutto, a particular favourite of that most-Finnish of Italian heroes Markku Alen. And the local fareâ€™s even better when washed down with a fine vino rosso.

4: Where did autumn go?

The shift out of summer and into autumn raised more than the odd meteorological question. What would the gravel stages be like shrouded in fog and doused in rain? Well, it looks like we wonâ€™t be finding out as the island basks in temperatures peaking in the high twenties. Dust is always an issue in Sardinia, meaning the Qualifying Stage and subsequent opportunity to chose a place on the road will be more important than ever. Will anybody run the risk of sweeping the stages in return for the clear air at the front of the field?

5: Italians love the WRC

The Italianâ€™s love of motorsport is world-renowned and the WRC tifosi will be omnipresent in Sardinia this week. Fordâ€™s Petter Solberg is a particular favourite on the island - and that support could be enough to spur the Fiesta driver on to his first world championship win since 2005 - and his second Sardinian career win (he took his first with Subaru in 2004).
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Steve · Oct 18, 2012

Full throttle to Sardinia for Atko and Co. (MiniMotorsport.com)

18 October 2012

Two rallies in 15 days: after its outing at the Rally France, WRC Team MINI Portugal lines up at the Rally Italy in Sardinia with no chance to take a breather.

When WRC Team MINI Portugal lines up at the Rally Italy, it will do so with no lesser goal than to bring home the best result of the season on gravel for MINI. This is an ambitious undertaking, as the narrow, stony roads on Sardinia represent a real test of the tyresâ€™ durability and do not allow the WRC drivers to make any mistakes. And then there is the small issue of trumping the seventh place achieved at the Rally Mexico. Although Chris "Atko" Atkinson has not lined up in Italy for the last three years, he still feels at home on Sardinia. "We have done a lot of testing on Sardinia in the past, so we know the area really well,â€ said Atko. His last start resulted in a respectable sixth place back in 2008.

Compared to 2011, the organisers of the rally have reduced the rally by two stages to 16, revised a number of Special Stages and set up a number of new spectator points. However, the rally, with its 306.04 kilometres against the clock, has still retained its distinctive character: starting from the Service Park in Olbia, on the north-east coast of the island, the drivers are taken south and west along rocky roads, on which the tyres are pushed to the extreme. On top of all that, the temperatures on Sardinia â€“ an average of 26 degrees is forecast for the weekend of the rally â€“ make the rally cars moving sweatboxes and really put the technology on the WRC cars to the test.

Fine-tuning the MINI WRC for its start on gravel.

In order to be well prepared, WRC Team MINI Portugal travelled straight from the Rally France to Sardinia and converted both Atkoâ€™s and Paulo Nobreâ€™s MINI John Cooper Works WRC from an asphalt set-up to the gravel version in double-quick time. After several days of testing, the team is confident it has found the right fine-tuning for the two MINI WRCs. As such, WRC Team MINI Portugalâ€™s 01B versions of the MINI WRC will line up for the first time with a set-up specifically for loose surfaces. "The fundamentals of the 01B, which I am driving here, are similar to those of the 01A version that I drove at the Rally Great Britain,â€ said Atko. "However, you can notice a real step forward in terms of power and weight on gravel. The change is more noticeable in the times than the general driving feel."

And so the stage is set for the penultimate round of the 2012 WRC season, and WRC Team MINI Portugal will head into its second rally in 15 days at full throttle. The Qualifying Stage, the result of which determines the order in which the drivers select their starting positions, gets underway at 10:35 (local time) on Thursday morning. The first stage opens the Rally Italy at 16:13 that afternoon. Special Stage 1 is 28.14 kilometres long and is repeated from 18:16 on Thursday evening.

As always, you can keep up to speed with all the latest news and information on the Rally Italy and WRC Team MINI Portugalâ€™s outing on Sardinia at Facebook.com/MINImotorsport and Twitter.com/MINImotorsport.
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Steve · Oct 18, 2012

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF4mj3hTbuY]Shakedown - WRC 2012 Rally d'Italia - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Oct 18, 2012

Nobre praises mechanics for rapid repair job (WRC.com)

18 Oct 12

Paulo Nobre has his WRC Team MINI Portugal mechanics to thank after he reached the finish of day one of Rally Italia Sardegna in 15th overall.

Brazilian Nobre damaged his MINI John Cooper Works WRC when he crashed on Thursday morningâ€™s Qualifying Stage.

With only a few hours available before the opening stage got underway at 16:13hrs local time, it took a heroic effort to get Nobreâ€™s car repaired in time. â€œThe team did an amazing job and weâ€™re here now,â€ he said.

Nobreâ€™s Australian team-mate Chris Atkinson is eighth after two stages but far from happy with the handling of his car, which resulted in a lack of confidence behind the wheel. He hopes set-up changes at overnight service will transform his prospects on day two.
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Steve · Oct 18, 2012

Thursday wrap: Loeb edges thriller (WRC.com)

18 Oct 12

A thrilling battle is in store on day two of Rally Italia Sardegna after Sebastien Loeb completed Thursday's pair of stages leading Citroen team-mate Mikko Hirvonen by a tight margin of 1.1s.

Loeb, who clinched his ninth FIA World Rally Championship crown on the previous round in France, was fastest on the first run through the 28.14-kilometre Terranova test south of the event base in Olbia. However, he was unable to prevent Hirvonen from going quicker when the stage was repeated in fading light this evening.

â€œItâ€™s a great battle with Mikko and I was having to push really hard in the stage,â€ said Loeb. â€œBut it was okay because the car was working well. I knew from the recce the stage was not as dry as in previous years so there was not so much dust.â€

The fear of dust had prompted Jari-Matti Latvala to opt to run at the head of the field after the Finn topped the Qualifying Stage times this morning. The Ford pilot reasoned that time lost cleaning the road of the loose surface gravel on stage one would be cancelled out when the stage was repeated due to the fading light and likelihood of dust restricting vision. While it was virtually dark by the time Loeb and Hirvonen - running fifth and sixth on the road respectively - completed the test, there was limited hanging dust.

However, a broken front-left wheel, caused by striking a chunk of bedrock 10 kilometres into stage two, was of more concern to Latvala, who is 42.1s behind leader Loeb in sixth overall.

Petter Solberg is the leading Ford driver in third, although the Norwegian said that his decision not to run with an auxiliary lightpod on stage two had cost him valuable seconds after the stage start was delayed by eight minutes.

With no split times being fed into his Qatar World Rally Team Citroen, Thierry Neuville admitted it was hard to judge his pace on the first stage. But the fourth fastest time on stage two enabled him to climb from sixth to fourth.

Mads Ostberg was fastest after the opening three splits of stage one but contact with a stone and a spin left him with bent steering and a time loss in his Adapta Fiesta. He completed stage two with a broken cross member in fifth.

Chris Atkinson suggested a rear handling imbalance had prevented him from pushing on the opening stage in his MINI John Cooper Works WRC. Heâ€™s eighth overnight and planning set-up changes in an effort to catch Evgeny Novikov, who holds seventh for the M-Sport Ford team.

Ott Tanak put his substantial time loss down to his decision to run on hard compound tyres when all of his rivals with the exception of Martin Prokop, opted for the soft compound option. Prokop, meanwhile, reported significant brake wear after the first stage and a strange noise from the rear of his Fiesta on the second run.

Andreas Mikkelsen moved ahead of Volkswagen Motorsport team-mate Sebastien Ogier on stage two after the Frenchman picked up a rear puncture. Luca Pedersoli is 14th on his first run in a Citroen DS3 WRC with Brazilian Paulo Nobre one place behind in his MINI.

Fridayâ€™s route covers six stages over a competitive distance of 117.36 kilometres with the action getting underway with the 29.68-kilometre Monte Lerno test at 08:43hrs local time.
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Steve · Oct 18, 2012

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWX82KRsgRc]Day 1 - 2012 WRC Rally d'Italia - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Oct 19, 2012

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8GDZXRrUQM]Jumps - 2012 WRC Rally d'Italia - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Oct 19, 2012

Friday midday wrap: Number two drivers take centre stage (WRC.com)

19 Oct 12

Number two drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Petter Solberg have come to the fore in the battle for victory on Rally Italia Sardegna following a dramatic morning when their respective team leaders both crashed out.

Loeb, in a Citroen DS3 WRC, broke his steering striking a rock on Fridayâ€™s first test, while Latvala failed to get through stage four when he crashed into a bank in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC. As a result Hirvonen leads for Citroen with Solberg 25.8s adrift for Ford heading to Friday afternoonâ€™s first stage, Castelsardo.

â€œI had a good time on the last stage and have a good lead now but for sure Petter will continue to push because he never gives up and I have to be ready for his attack,â€ said Hirvonen, runner-up in Sardinia on five occasions and yet to win in the WRC in 2012. â€œI can take less risk this afternoon but anything can happen.â€

Solberg had been closer to Hirvonen starting stage five but struggled for grip on the 14.88-kilometre test. â€œWe all expected tyre wear to be on the limit because the roads here are abrasive,â€ said Solberg who, like his rivals, was using soft compound Michelin tyres for the morningâ€™s three stages. â€œHowever, the wear in the second stage was greater than we thought. I knew the final test would be difficult, so I was cautious over the initial downhill section to preserve the rubber as much as possible. But the next uphill section was very hard because I didnâ€™t have enough grip.

â€œWe will drive the same stages again this afternoon, but the wear wonâ€™t be as great with hard compound tyres. It was a tough loop but Iâ€™m happy with my speed. Iâ€™ll maintain the same kind of pace and keep an eye out for what my rivals are doing,â€ added Solberg.

Mads Ostberg is third for the Adapta World Rally Team with Evgeny Novikov fourth, Ott Tanak fifth and Chris Atkinson up to sixth for WRC Team MINI Portugal. Sebastien Ogier is seventh after he sensationally went fastest of all on stage five in his Super 2000-specification Volkswagen Motorsport Skoda Fabia. Team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen is eighth with Martin Prokop - who lost time when he spun and got stuck between two rocks on stage four - and Karl Kruuda rounding out the top 10.

Thierry Neuville started the day in fourth overall but rolled his Qatar World Rally Team Citroen onto its side on stage three. He suffered burns to his hands as he fought to get the car back onto its wheels. In considerable pain, Neuville withdrew before stage four. Meanwhile, leading Italian Luca Pedersoli lost time going off the road on stage three. He is 11th overall in a Citroen DS3.

Nicolas Fuchs leads the Production Car World Rally Championship section by 39.1s from Marcos Ligato, who is being plagued by a brake caliper issue. Team-mates and title rivals Michal Kosciuszko and Benito Guerra restarted under Rally 2 rules this morning after they both retired hitting the same log on Thursdayâ€™s second test. They are eighth and ninth respectively.
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Steve · Oct 19, 2012

Wow, look at that road! No wonder they're having problems. Looks more like Dakar.

Picturesque.

Nathan · Oct 19, 2012

Nice Jumps!

Crashton · Oct 19, 2012

Yumpin yimini!

That road above looks like the mountain section in Argentina, rough really rough.

Steve · Oct 19, 2012

Friday wrap: Drama in Sardinia as Hirvonen leads (WRC.com)

19 Oct 12

Mikko Hirvonen is on course for victory on Rally Italia Sardegna following a day of high drama as two world champions retired while a Super 2000 car won a stage outright for the first time.

Finn Hirvonen began Fridayâ€™s opening Monte Lerno test trailing Citroen team-mate Sebastien Loeb by 1.1s but was leading at the finish when Loeb failed to make it through the 29.68-kilometre run after breaking his DS3 WRCâ€™s steering striking a rock on a corner he admitted he had taken too quickly.

Petter Solberg, in a factory Ford Fiesta RS WRC, inherited second and was trying to narrow Hirvonenâ€™s advantage when he crashed on stage seven, handing the runner-up spot to Evgeny Novikov, who set two fastest stage times in his M-Sport Fiesta. The Russian is 1m09.6s adrift of Hirvonen starting Saturdayâ€™s stages.

â€œIâ€™ve managed to come through with no problems or mistakes,â€ said Hirvonen who has yet to win a WRC round in 2012. â€œItâ€™s difficult to keep the rhythm but everything is fine. I need to be careful because there is a long way to go and lots of rocks to hit.â€

Novikov, who was fastest on stages six and seven, said: â€œItâ€™s been a very good day, it was a bit slippery in the morning but in the afternoon it was fine. Now I have to stay concentrated to keep this position.â€

Ott Tanak is third but suggested he could have been closer to the pace had is decision to run on hard compound tyres on Thursday not slowed him down and resulted in him running in a less favourable third on the road today. The Estonian is 1m08.7s behind M-Sport team-mate Novikov.

Sebastien Ogier is a shock fourth overall in his Volkswagen Motorsport-prepared Skoda Fabia Super 2000 following his fastest time on stage five, which he put down to his carâ€™s soft compound tyres being less worn than those of the faster World Rally Cars.

Chris Atkinson is fifth for WRC Team MINI Portugal but eager to improve the handling of his John Cooper Works WRC. Andreas Mikkelsen is sixth in the second Volkswagen-run Fabia but itâ€™s been a day of frustration for his fellow Norwegian Mads Ostberg. The Adapta Fiesta driver should have been in contention for a podium finish but a broken rear differential dropped him into front-wheel drive and down into seventh place.

Martin Prokop is eighth after encountering myriad problems during the day, including a front-left puncture on the final stage. Karl Kruuda is a strong ninth with Solberg classified in 10th. Luca Pedersoli overcame a handful of off-road moments to complete day two in 11th. WRC Team MINI Portugalâ€™s Paulo Nobre is 14th but will incur time penalties after he failed to return to final service due to an engine overheating issue. Jari-Matti Latvala was fourth after three stages in his works Fiesta but crashed out on the very next run.

Saturdayâ€™s itinerary consists of six stages with 115.92 timed kilometres in store. The first stage, Coiluna-Loelle, goes live at 09:28hrs local time.
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Steve · Oct 19, 2012

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFNr-YlNMgI]Day 2 (Loeb and Neuville crashes) - 2012 WRC Rally d'Italia - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Oct 20, 2012

Saturday midday wrap: Hirvonen in control (WRC.com)

20 Oct 12

Mikko Hirvonen's bid to avoid not winning a round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship remains on course after he completed day three's opening loop of stages on Rally Italia Sardegna leading by 1m18.7s.

With nine-time champion and team-mate Sebastien Loeb crashing out on Fridayâ€™s first stage, Hirvonen has been left to uphold Citroen honour with a faultless display behind the wheel of his DS3 WRC. â€œFor sure I can just take it steady without having to push but itâ€™s not easy because you have to keep the rhythm,â€ said the Finn, who has finished runner-up in Sardinia on five previous occasions.

Evgeny Novikov remains in a strong second place in an M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC. The Russian was quickest on stage 10 but dropped a few seconds on stage 11 overshooting a corner and having to reverse. â€œI lost some time but it was nothing special,â€ he said. Team-mate Ott Tanak is third but slightly â€œnervousâ€ about a possible electrical glitch: â€œThere was a warning light, but I am not sure why,â€ he said.

Sebastien Ogier heads what has become a three-way battle for fourth place in his Volkswagen Motorsport Skoda Fabia Super 2000. The Frenchman, who is 3.3s in front of WRC Team MINI Portugalâ€™s Chris Atkinson and 14.5s ahead of Adapta Fiesta pilot Mads Ostberg, bemoaned his decision to carry two spare tyres and fit a long-ratio gearbox to his car, which he said had cost him vital time. Ostberg, who targeted climbing from seventh to fourth at the start of the day following his delay on Friday, has gone fastest on two stages this morning and says he is ahead of schedule in his efforts to make up lost ground.

Andreas Mikkelsen is seventh with Martin Prokop overcoming a puncture to hold eighth. Fiesta S2000 runner Karl Kruuda is ninth with Petter Solberg, who restarted under Rally 2 rules following his off on Friday, completing the top 10 but lacking the incentive to push for stage wins. â€œIâ€™m just driving for the fans,â€ he said.

Solberg, the 2003 world champion, is among a number of drivers who have restarted today after they failed to make it through Fridayâ€™s route. The list includes his factory Ford team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala, Qatar World Rally Teamâ€™s Thierry Neuville and WRC Team MINI Portugalâ€™s Paulo Nobre.

Neuville, who is nursing second-degree burns to his hands, admitted to finding the slippery nature of the stages even more difficult by running third on the road behind Nobre and Italian Citroen privateer Luca Pedersoli.

Nicolas Fuchs continues to head the Production Car World Rally Championship section despite picking up a front-right puncture on stage 10. Marcos Ligato has his sights set on catching Valeriy Gorban for second but will be hopeful that there is no reoccurrence of the electrical glitch that left him stationary on stage 11 for more than 20 seconds. Subhan Aksa impressed by setting the PWRC pace on stage 10. The Indonesian is fourth in class.
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