M-Sport’s Malcolm Wilson admitted Ford tried to emulate Dani Sordo’s tyre choice for first two stages today and also considered information from multiple gravel crews but even that was not enough to predict what the conditions will be on stages.
First two stages of Rallye Monte Carlo’s third leg finished in mixed conditions as crews battled their way through snow and ice. Once again it was important to make the right call in picking the tyres for this set of stages, and some drivers had more luck in this than the others.
Citroën released daily video report of yesterday’s second leg of 80th Rallye Monte Carlo. French squad, led by Sebastien Loeb, suffered trouble free day and remains on good course to start new season with a victory. Click to see Citroën’s impressions from second day of competition on Monte’s tricky but fascinating stages.
Sebastien Ogier might be out of contention after heavy shunt during Rallye Monte Carlo’s second leg, but he surely caught attention of rallying community with superb drive behind the wheel of Super 2000 specced Škoda Fabia.
Rallye Monte Carlo provided the backdrop for another strong showing from the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team as the second leg of competition got underway in Valence earlier today. Continuing his recent good form, Evgeny Novikov lies fifth heading into Day 3 with François Delecour sixth and Ott Tänak eighth.
With five fastest times in six stages, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena increased their lead throughout the second day of the Rallye Monte-Carlo. The eight-time World Champions have now pulled over 1m30s clear of their closest challengers. The day turned out well for both Citroën Total World Rally Team driver pairings, as Mikko Hirvonen and...
After day two of the Monte Carlo Rally, and another 131.76 kilometres of stages, Dani Sordo (ES) and Carlos del Barrio (ES) were still fighting with Petter Solberg (NO) for the second podium position and had snatched the place back as the cars returned to Valence for the last time. Meanwhile the MINI WRC Team’s...
Cautious approach to day’s final stage didn’t pay off for Ford’s Petter Solberg, he went over 6 seconds slower than Dani Sordo in Mini and lost second place in overall classification. Meanwhile, Sebastien Loeb aims to increase his lead tomorrow, especially with announced weather changes and possible snow on stages. Biggest news of SS10 is...
