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Rally: Lappi and Ogier separated by a tenth after the second day in Sardinia

The Finn Esapekka Lappi (Hyundai) led Friday evening the Sardinia rally, 6th round of the WRC world rally championship, with only a tiny tenth ahead of the Frenchman Sébastien Ogier (Toyota).

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Rally: Lappi and Ogier separated by a tenth after the second day in Sardinia

The Finn Esapekka Lappi (Hyundai) led Friday evening the Sardinia rally, 6th round of the WRC world rally championship, with only a tiny tenth ahead of the Frenchman Sébastien Ogier (Toyota).

Ogier, who is only engaged in a partial program this season, had nevertheless hit hard on Friday morning, winning the 2nd and 4th specials and increasing his lead to more than 16 seconds over Lappi who had won the 1st Thursday night special.

But the Finn gradually closed the gap and regained the lead at the end of the 7th and last special of the day, which he finished 2nd with nearly 7 seconds ahead of Ogier who was unable to do so. better than 4th.

the 4th special, won earlier in the day by Ogier, and the 7th, were contested over the same course of nearly 50 kilometers. This unusual length and the appearance of rain helped to reshuffle the cards.

"There was no need to push more, a tenth is enough!" Lappi said at the finish. "I'm glad I was able to finish. It was a difficult stage. We had a puncture in the left rear and that bothered us. But we are here, everything is fine and I am looking forward to tomorrow (Saturday), ”he added. "We didn't take too many risks, I wanted to ensure," said Ogier, who is looking to win his third victory of the season in Sardinia after Monte-Carlo and Mexico.

The reigning WRC world champion and current championship leader, Kalle Rovanperä, experienced a "heat" on the 4th special when he came face to face at full speed with a cow crossing the road. He only narrowly avoided it, his Toyota's camera showing the animal's head a few inches from the left side of the car. The Finn was in 4th position on Friday evening, more than 46 seconds behind Lappi and 27 seconds behind 3rd, the Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai).

As for Frenchman Pierre-Louis Loubet (M-Sport / Ford), he experienced a first moment of panic at the start of the 5th special when he failed to engage his first gear. Although he only received a three-minute penalty in the end, it was only a reprieve as he went off the road on the last stage of the day after having problems with his power steering. when he was 10th.

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