WRC Rally Germany shakedown results:
1. Jari-Matti Latvala 2min 23.5sec
2. Dani Sordo 2min 24.2sec
3. Thierry Neuville 2min 24.3sec
4. Sebastien Ogier 2min 24.9sec
5. Evgeny Novikov 2min 25.1sec
6. Mikko Hirvonen 2min 25.5sec
7. Mads Ostberg 2min 25.7sec
8. P-G Andersson 2min 26.3sec
9. Nasser Al-Attiyah: 2min 27.2sec
10. Michal Kosciuszko 2min 29.2sec.
11. Martin Prokop 2min 30.0sec
12. Khalid Al Qassimi: 2min 31.4sec
The winner in the shakedown comments: “You will really see when the rally starts how things will be, but I think generally I took some good feedback from shakedown. The car feels good but, of course, this rally is tough. It’s probably the most difficult of the dry asphalt events. I’m not putting too much pressure on myself. I just want to go out, relax and see how it’s going to be.”
The second best in the shakedown Dani Sordo also said: “It was a good start, yes, but for me it was more important that my times were good from the start, because as the session goes on they usually get better and better anyway. The first passes were the most important, and they were okay. I also had a really good feeling with the car. We made one or two set-up changes but we’re happy now and ready to go.”
The rally start today at 17:53 local time with SS 1 Blankenheim (23.54 km) and second stage today in the dark part of the evening SS2 Sauertal (14.11 km) at 19:58 local time.