Ogier keeps the distance with Loeb in Sweden
Posted by WRC - 09/02/13 04:10PM - 0 Comments - WRC - 




Sebastien Ogier shows a brilliant performance and keep the distance to Loeb.
Ogier starts the day with another sage victory. He wins 4 by 8 stages today. In one of the stages he sets equal time with Loeb.
In SS 9 Sagen 1 13.73 km Matthew Wilson rolled in the stage while the sixth in the overall P. Tidemans stopped in the stage.
Sordo comments the Matthew crash: Matthew rolled in the stage, he was too fast in one corner. We want to do some changes to the rear setup. But it's OK.
Latvala wins Stage 10, as in the next 11 stage Loeb set the fastest time and take back 2.7 seconds to Ogier.
In SS 12 Hagfors Sprint 1 1.87 km only Mikko Hirvonen takes the win, as Loeb is second. Loeb comment: It was more slippery, I did little mistake in a hairpin. I'm more happy than yesterday.
After the service break the rally continue with SS 13 Sagen 2 with equal winning time of Ogier and Loeb.
In SS 14 Fredriksberg 2 18.15 km Mads Ostberg moves to third in overall as Latvala went down to fourth position.
Latvala comment after the stage: For me very difficult conditions, very rough and narrow. I don't know what about it, we'll see.
Ostberg: Quite OK, we are saving tyres fo the next stage.
H. Solberg: Very bad road here, I just drove it carefully.
In SS 15 Rammen 2 22.76 km the both Sebs are separate by 0.4 seconds only. The first is Ogier, third is Ostberg at +5.1 seconds. The stage is mostly gravel instead snow.
Khalid Al Qassimi damages his radiator after the stage.
Ostberg comments: I did a big mistake in the beginning of this stage, after long straight I lost the rear in a corner.
Loeb: In the last hairpin I went on brakes to the ditch, but I lost there only one or two seconds.
Ogier: It wasn't easy, because the tyres started to be more worn, so little bit tricky.
In the last stage the shortest one SS 16 Hagfors Sprint 2 1.87 km Loeb takes the stage victory. In this short stage Juho Hannien out of the road and lost 1 minute and 14 seconds.
Results after SS 16:
1. S. Ogier (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 2:18:22.8
2. S. Loeb (Citroen DS3 WRC) +26.9
3. M. Ostberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +57.7
4. J. Latvala (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +1:03.8
5. E. Novikov (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +1:43.5
6. T. Neuville (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +3:16.2
7. J. Hanninen (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +4:10.5
8. H. Solberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +5:16.7
There are 5 stages to run tomorrow.