Who Survived the Carnage on Day 2 Of Rally Italia Sardegna? 🤯
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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Ott Tänak is on course for a much-needed victory at Rally Italia Sardegna after leaving his rivals for dust on Saturday’s penultimate leg.
The Estonian driver will start Sunday’s final leg with a hefty 46.0sec advantage over M-Sport Ford’s Craig Breen after pulling clear on what was a disastrous day for Friday leader Esapekka Lappi.
The stage was set for a thrilling battle after Lappi led Tänak by 0.7sec overnight, but he retired on Saturday’s opening Tempio Pausania speed blast when a heavy compression sent his Yaris flying into a rock which ripped off the rear left wheel.
Lappi’s demise left Tänak all alone at the front and, despite insisting he wasn’t pushing, the stage times suggested otherwise as he won six of the day’s seven speed tests.
While his title hopes may be slim after a poor start to the season, victory here would mean a lot to Tänak. He hasn’t stood on the top step of the podium since Arctic Rally Finland powered by CapitalBox in 2021, which was 461 days ago.
“It’s been a good day,” reflected Tänak. “In the car we had quite a good feeling. The roads were holding up well in the afternoon and it was quite enjoyable.
“On the first stage this morning, when Esapekka was still in the fight, we gave it a good push. After that, I would say we were slowing down step by step, but the times were still coming. I guess, if you’re in the mood, that’s how it should be.
“We’ve been in this position before and we know how it is. It’s not over until the finish line is crossed, so let’s say it’s better not to think about that just yet,” he added.
Breen was the only other driver to win a stage on what was a hot and dusty day. The Irishman started third before snatching the runners-up spot when team-mate Pierre-Louis Loubet punctured on the opening test.
He was pressured by Hyundai’s Dani Sordo in the morning, but managed to build a comfortable buffer as Sordo struggled for pace later in the day. 20.8sec separated the pair at close of play.
Loubet delivered a mature drive to bring his Puma home fourth. He trailed Sordo by 25.0sec, but had 51.4sec in hand over fifth-placed Kalle Rovanperä, who started the day eighth after opening the road on Friday.
Rovanperä broke into the top five late in the day when Adrien Fourmaux crashed his Ford on the final Monte Lerno Di Pattada blast and the stage was subsequently red-flagged.
Takamoto Katsuta was almost four minutes down on the leaders. With no midday service, he was forced to drive carefully while nursing a weakened radiator which took a hit through the watersplash at Coiluna - Loelle.
Gus Greensmith was seventh, while the rest of the leaderboard comprised of support category cars. WRC2 leader Nikolay Gryazin headed Jan Solans and Chris Ingram, who completed the top ten.
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville was eyeing a climb up the leaderboard after ending Friday ninth following transmission woes. However, the Belgian’s luck ran out on the third stage of the morning when a rollover put him out for the day.
After restarting following his Friday retirement, Elfyn Evans came unstuck once again when rear suspension failure sidelined his Yaris in the afternoon.
Crews will head north of Alghero along the coast on Sunday to tackle the Monte Baranta (14.51km) and Sassari-Argentiera (7.10km) tests. Both stages are run twice on the final day, with the latter being the venue for the bonus points-paying Wolf Power Stage, which gets underway at 1218 local time.
As has become tradition, whoever emerges from the finale on top will then dive - together with their whole team - into the Alghero harbour.
Leading positions after Friday:
1. O Tänak / M Järveoja EST Hyundai i20 N 2hr 43min 35.6sec
2. C Breen / P Nagle IRL Ford Puma +46.0sec
3. D Sordo / C Carrera ESP Hyundai i20 N +1min 6.8sec
4. PL Loubet / V Landais FRA Ford Puma +1min 31.8sec
5. K Rovanperä / J Halttunen FIN Toyota GR Yaris +2min 23.2sec
6. T Katsuta / A Johnston JPN Toyota GR Yaris +3min 52.3sec
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Can Tänak hold on and win the rally?
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Hope the hyudai doesn't develop mysterious problems tanak deserves this win 💯
Tanak deserves this win he's been so unlucky for the past one year
Waawoo... wish my ott get this one done. We really need a powerful podium position.
Let's Goooo Ott!!!! Get back into the winning frame of mind.
This guy can every bottle 🍼 it tomorrow, can even says he won't race engine problem . Then bam power stage he wins it
This coverage is so much better than the WRC channel
bit of a pity the confusion around the final stage wasnt mentioned, and the baffling red flag errors that slowed down breen but not loubet and tanak (until much later in the stage at least) and how this was resolved
Tänak ,Sordo and Breen got the same time as Kalle
@@Sodipea oh yah im aware, tho it's a bit weird still that an important and confusing event about the last stage wasn't mentioned at all, like about friday's cancellations being about the wrc2 car on fire. a pretty weird omission imo
@@revenger210 I think we both know why they won't talk about that
@@Sodipea yeeeeeeeah =_=
@@revenger210 in another video they mentioned that SS8 and SS9 were cancelled due to road quality
Incredible how rovanpera will increase his lead in the championship even if tanak win!
Ott Titanak
COME ON CRAIG!!!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Wish OTT wins and Sordo 3rd .. will be good points for Hyundai.. and some points for puma
Ott Tanak, congratulations
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