WRC:Stohl takes SS Ortega 2

Plex · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:12 am Post subject: WRC:Stohl takes SS Ortega 2

The teams were back for a second spin today on the Ortega stage under the warm Mexican sun. Here is the review of Special Stage 5.

Manfred Stohl took first place behind the wheel of his OMV Citro�n Kronos by no more than one thousandth of a second, the smallest accepted measure of time.

Hence Stohl's finish of SS5, Frenchman S�bastien Loeb lost out for a repeat performance of the previous trip and comes in second. In consideration of his best performance of the day for the time being, Mikko Hirvonen arrived in third position therefore granting the Ford team's best of the day for now.

The Subaru drivers kept up their practice of grouping up, this time with Chris Atkinson leading Petter Solberg by seven tenths of a second for the fourth and fifth spots of this stage.
Alhough Petter slid in this stage's rankings he still holds the overall lead, which has now melted to 2.1 seconds.

Marcus Gr�nholm took sixth with his Ford Focus, followed in he rankings by Daniel Sordo in the other Citro�n, which was then followed by a string of Fords.

Rally-Live

Rory Phoulorie · Zorce Jedi Knight Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 1698

Rally Mexico: SS8.

SS8 - Super Special 2 (2.21 km): Atkinson fastest through SS8; Sordo second; Loeb third; Gronholm fourth; Stohl fifth; Hirvonen sixth; Higgins heads the PWRC; Loeb leads the overall rally by 26.3 secs at the end of leg 1.

Stage times and overall standings after SS8.

Top ten stage times for SS8:

1. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 1mins 42.0secs M
2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 00.6secs M
3. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 00.7secs M
4. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +00mins 01.2secs M
5. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 01.7secs M
6. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +00mins 02.1secs M
7. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 02.3secs M
8. Gareth MacHale Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 02.5secs
9. Juan Pablo Raies Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 05.1secs M
10. Austin MacHale Ford Focus WRC +00mins 05.2secs

Overall times after SS8:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 1hour 25mins 14.4secs M
2. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 26.3secs M
3. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +00mins 30.1secs M
4. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 32.1secs M
5. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +00mins 43.1secs M
6. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 51.7secs M
7. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +01mins 37.8secs M
8. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +04mins 19.8secs
9. Gareth MacHale Ford Focus WRC 06 +05mins 20.6secs
10. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +07mins 03.6secs P
11. Mirco Baldacci Subaru Impreza +07mins 13.6secs P
12. Austin MacHale Ford Focus WRC +07mins 28.8secs
13. Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza +08mins 31.9secs P
14. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +08mins 45.9secs P
15. Juan Pablo Raies Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +09mins 17.8secs M
16. Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza +09mins 55.1secs P
17. Kristian Sohlberg Subaru Impreza +09mins 59.2secs P
18. Travis Pastrana Subaru Impreza +10mins 04.7secs P
19. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +10mins 07.8secs M
20. Stepan Vojtech Mitsubishi Lancer +10mins 16.4secs P

Overall PWRC after SS8:

1. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 1hour 32mins 18.0secs P
2. Mirco Baldacci Subaru Impreza +00mins 10.0secs P
3. Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza +01mins 28.3secs P

Notable retirements*:

SS1. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 Suspension. M
SS5/6. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 No engine oil. M

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.
P - denotes Production WRC entry.

all times unofficial

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Petter is out. That sucks big time.

Rory Phoulorie · Zorce Jedi Knight Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 1698

Those damn Mexicans are throwing rocks on the course and at the cars. If I were the FIA I would exclude Mexico from next year's race schedule. Anyway, they are only provisionally listed for 2008.

As much as I would like to say to bring a WRC race to Trinidad, I am almost sure that there are idiots here who would do the same as those Mexicans.

BTW, I am not damning all Mexicans, just the WRC rock throwers.