Wrc.com stage summary
Stage data: SS6, Alta Marmilla 2 (14.34 kilometres)
Stage description:
By Ford Abu Dhabi Team co-driver Miikka Anttila: “If we think about stages two, three and four then this stage is the easiest one of those. About 90 per cent of this stage was used on the rally here last year and there is a water section and some hairpins. It is in a more open area and it goes over some long crests where it is difficult. It looks that it goes straight but you really have to rely on your notes.”
How the action unfolded:
Sebastien Loeb has regained his advantage in his efforts to win Rally d’Italia Sardegna for a fourth time by going fastest on Friday’s sixth stage.
The Citroen DS3 WRC driver now leads Mikko Hirvonen, in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC, by 5.8 seconds with two stages of day one remaining.
“I had a good grip in this stage but I was pushing very hard because that is my only option,” said Loeb, who was 2.1s quicker than team-mate Sebastien Ogier. “This was a good stage.”
Hirvonen reported surviving a moment in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC: “I was lucky,” he said at the stage finish.
Mads Ostberg managed to rectify the brake problems that hampered him on stage five but said he was too cautious through the test. He remains sixth overall with Petter Solberg climbing ahead of Evgeny Novikov into fourth.
Key moment:
Loeb gains the advantage in Sardinia with stage victory.
Credit: World Rally Championship (www.wrc.com)
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