Sébastien Ogier dominated this year’s Rally Italia
Sardegna adding yet another victory to his 2013 total in his Volkswagen Polo R
WRC. Snatching the lead on the first stage the ever impressive Frenchman
extended his margin of victory to over 1 minute 16 seconds by the end of the
last stage in Italy.
Jari-Matti Latvala overcame a large loss of time (approx 2
minutes) with a first stage puncture to claim 3rd overall whilst the
third factory Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC of Andreas Mikkelsen retired
with broken suspension late on in the last day.
Latvala was buoyed by his performance knowing his early time
loss was the only reason he couldn’t challenge for victory, his confidence is
high as the WRC now moves to Finland, Jari-Matti’s home event. Sébastien is
also extremely confident and hopes to continue his good form through to Finland
as he aims to be one of the very few non-Scandinavians drivers to win what is
commonly known as the Finnish Grand Prix.
Mikkelsen meanwhile may be lamenting the off which resulted
in his suspension breaking although team boss Jost Capito was more than please
with his young star’s performance saying “things like that happen when you
attack”. Andreas had been pilling the pressure on 4th placed Sordo
having noticeably increased his speed during the event as he gains more
experience of both the team and the VW Polo R WRC.
Volkswagen Motorsport must be looking forward to Finland and
the challenges the fast, flowing crest filled roads offer.
|
1
|
S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA
|
|
||
|
2
|
T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul
|
|
||
|
3
|
J-M. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA
|
|
||
|
4
|
D. Sordo / C. Del Barrio
|
|
||
|
5
|
M. Prokop / M. Ernst
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment