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Loeb - Latvala the major battle for the first place
Posted by WRC - 26/05/12 10:55AM - 0 Comments - WRC - 1/52/53/54/55/5

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Loeb extends his lead in stage 10 Klenia Mycenae 1 (17.41km) with 1.1 seconds to Latvala. The morning section offered sunny and cloudy weather with temperatures between 14 and 17 C.

Stage 11
In stage 11 Ghymno 1 (17.61km) Latvala is the fastest followed by Hirvonen at 1.2 seconds, Loeb is fourth at 2.5 seconds.
Latvala: "It was very rough. I had to back off. It's a big risk for the car to push maximum. You can't be at the maximum all the time. You have to protect the car. Only if you have a super car you will drive flat out all the time."
Loeb: "The last part was very rough and I took it very easy. No risk. Now we have to push harder in the next one."
Solberg: "In the last 3 kilometers it was very rough and we took it easy. We backed off a little bit. You have to be very careful."

Stage 12
In stage 12 Kefalari 1 (18.4km) Latvala pushing to close the gap as take the stage victory followed by Petter Solberg at 2.9 seconds while Loeb remain third at 4.1 seconds.
Loeb: "I am flat out. In this one I pushed a lot! It was slippery and when the conditions are like that I can't match the speed of the Fords."
Latvala: "I can only go flat out. But I have to be concentrated not to make a mistake."
Hirvonen: "I drive quite steadily. The other guys seem to be attacking. I was a little bit slow in this stage. That was not the idea."
Solberg: "We took it easy on the first rough part of the stage. It seems that the other guys push a little bit more and that I am the one who takes care in the rough places. It's still a long way to go."

Stage 13
In the last morning stage SS 13 Ziria 1 (21.36km) Loeb is first while Latvala remain third at +1.2 seconds.
Loeb: "We had a fight with Jari Matti. It's very difficult. We are going flat out. I push over the limit in some places. We are continuing like this.
Latvala: "We lost some time. It was very bad at the beginning." The right rear of the car was damaged.
Solberg: "I really enjoyed the stage. I was sliding a little bit. We lost some 4-5 seconds because of one mistake. This stage had some difficult parts but ok. I am quite happy." The right rear of the car was damaged.

Results after SS 13:
1. S. Loeb 3:04:31.8
2. J. Latvala +2.2
3. P. Solberg +20.1
4. M. Hirvonen +1:06.1
5. M. Prokop +6:28.0
6. M. Ostberg +6:30.4



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