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2013 Rally de España - Day One

SEASON 2013

2013 Rally de España - Day One

RALLYRACC RALLY DE ESPANA
(24-27 OCTOBER 2013)

RALLY NEWS

At the end of a short but challenging evening of competition in RallyRACC Rally de España, Sébastien Ogier heads the leaderboard. The Frenchman has 8.8 seconds in hand to team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala who moved ahead of local hero Dani Sordo after the final stage.
 
The penultimate round of the FIA World Rally Championship got underway this afternoon in the city of Barcelona and crews headed immediately to the first three stages, each run in darkness. Uniquely, this event is contested on two surfaces, with Friday and Saturday on asphalt and Sunday run on gravel. A total of 61.75 competitive kilometres were covered this evening ahead of Saturday’s longest day of competition. 
 
Ogier took a clean sweep of stage victories this evening to nudge ahead of his rivals. Behind him, Sordo held second until dropping time in the third stage to sit just 3.8 seconds behind Latvala. Rising star Thierry Neuville holds fourth ahead of Mikko Hirvonen, who struggled to maintain a good rhythm. Andreas Mikkelsen and Evgeny Novikov are both hot on his heels but it has been a disappointing start for Mads Østberg who is struggling with the set-up of the car. He nevertheless moved ahead of Hayden Paddon in the final stage, the New Zealander competing for the first time in a world rally car. The top 10 is rounded off by Martin Prokop.
 
RallyRACC Rally de España – Unofficial Results after Day 1 
   
1. Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia
2. Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila
3. Dani Sordo/Carlos del Barrio
4. Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul
5.   Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen
6.   Andreas Mikkelsen/Mikko Markkula 
7.   Evgeny Novikov/Ilka Minor
8.   Mads Østberg/Jonas Andersson 
9.   Hayden Paddon/John Kennard
10. Martin Prokop/Michal Ernst
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Citroën DS3 WRC
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Citroën DS3 WRC
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
34 min 39.9sec
34 min 48.7sec
34 min 52.5sec
34 min 59.0sec
35 min 07.2sec
35 min 07.7sec 
35 min 08.4sec
35 min 47.6sec 
35 min 48.9sec
35 min 52.9sec