The fastest time was set by Jari-Matti Latvala although it wouldnt do much for a good points finish this weekend. He set a time of 11m20.0s: “It doesn’t change my result really but it’s good to get the fastest stage time because it shows to me that when the car is working well and I have the rhythm we can be fast.”
The man who has been fastest all morning Sebastien Ogier set a time 2.6 slower than the Ford driver
Sebastien Loeb completed the stage third fastest 3.8s slower than Ogier who took the rally lead in this stage.
Mikko set a time 7.5s off his team mates fastest time. he had a brief off near the end of SS10 but finished in 11m27.5s, just 1.1s off Loeb:
“That was a close call. Luckily no damage to the car and we’re okay. I lost a bit to Sebastien before that. Lucky we’re okay.”
Evgeny Novikov set the fifth fastest time faster than Mads Ostberg by 1.8s: “This day maximum, flat out always. That stage was not so bad, no problems.”
Mads time was 11m31.0s :
“It’s okay. It’s quite rough and I think I need to be a bit careful with the tyres because they were hurt by the first loop. Maybe I was too careful there.”
The man who had the rally win lost it in this stage with a time of 11:34.3, Petter assured us that he is doing his best.
“It definitely cleaned a little bit but not huge. I don’t know. I’m pushing and trying hard. I’ll do whatever I can and that’s it.”
His brother Henning was 5.2s slower than him in 11m39.5s:
“I hit a few stones and lost a little time but that’s just part of the game. I lost some seconds.”
Stage times for stage 10
Stage
| Pos | No | Driver | Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4 | J. LATVALA | 11:20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 2 | S. OGIER | 11:22.6 | +2.6 | +2.6 |
| 3. | 1 | S. LOEB | 11:26.4 | +3.8 | +6.4 |
| 4. | 3 | M. HIRVONEN | 11:27.5 | +1.1 | +7.5 |
| 5. | 18 | E. NOVIKOV | 11:29.2 | +1.7 | +9.2 |
| 6. | 6 | M. ØSTBERG | 11:31.0 | +1.8 | +11.0 |
| 7. | 11 | P. SOLBERG | 11:34.3 | +3.3 | +14.3 |
| 8. | 15 | H. SOLBERG | 11:39.5 | +5.2 | +19.5 |
| 9. | 5 | M. WILSON | 11:42.0 | +2.5 | +22.0 |
| 10. | 19 | L. ATHANASSOULAS | 11:44.9 | +2.9 | +24.9 |
After this stage the overall classifications looked different to before.....
Overall
| Pos | No | Driver | Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 | S. OGIER | M | 2:35:37.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 11 | P. SOLBERG | M | 2:35:43.7 | +6.3 | +6.3 |
| 3. | 1 | S. LOEB | M | 2:35:50.8 | +7.1 | +13.4 |
| 4. | 3 | M. HIRVONEN | M | 2:36:00.7 | +9.9 | +23.3 |
| 5. | 15 | H. SOLBERG | 2:38:33.6 | +2:32.9 | +2:56.2 | |
| 6. | 5 | M. WILSON | M | 2:39:17.4 | +43.8 | +3:40.0 |
| 7. | 8 | K. RÄIKKÖNEN | M | 2:40:51.5 | +1:34.1 | +5:14.1 |
| 8. | 25 | J. HANNINEN | S | 2:41:45.3 | +53.8 | +6:07.9 |
| 9. | 24 | B. SOUSA | S | 2:44:21.2 | +2:35.9 | +8:43.8 |
| 10. | 9 | D. KUIPERS | M | 2:45:04.4 | +43.2 | +9:27.0 |
SS11 Ghymno 2 (26.28km)
The second run through the day's longest stage and rocks in the road were likely to be a problem again.
Sebastien Loeb set the fastest time on this stage a time of 18m11.6. he was 2.1s faster than his team mate Ogier who won the stage this morning. The stage win saw Loeb move up the leaderboard to 2nd place
“It was very hard on the tyres but I had to push because of Ogier. I could see what he was doing. So we’ll see what we lost. This was a tough stage on the suspension and the tyres."
Mikko Hirvonen goes through in 18m19.2, 7.6s off Loeb’s time:
“Yeah it was a maximum attack. I tried. It was definitely rougher than in the morning, we took some big hits but no big scares this time.”
Petter Solberg finished the stage with a time of 18m20.7s
“Very very hard but I pushed to keep up. It was impossible for me to do more. I’m trying everything now.”
stage 11 saw Petter drop down to third place.
Kimi Raikkonen completed SS11 in 19m07.8s, secure in seventh place overall:
“I slowed down a bit in the end because we hit some big rocks and I didn’t want to damage the car. Maybe we set it up a bit soft, I think.”
Matthew Wilson came through the stage in 19m19.3s complaining about his car still misfiring:
“The misfire is intermittent but whenever it’s uphill you really notice it now. The next stage is a bit nicer.”
Stage times after stage 11
| Pos | No | Driver | Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 | S. LOEB | 18:11.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 2 | S. OGIER | 18:13.7 | +2.1 | +2.1 |
| 3. | 3 | M. HIRVONEN | 18:19.2 | +5.5 | +7.6 |
| 4. | 11 | P. SOLBERG | 18:20.7 | +1.5 | +9.1 |
| 5. | 4 | J. LATVALA | 18:22.8 | +2.1 | +11.2 |
| 6. | 18 | E. NOVIKOV | 18:30.8 | +8.0 | +19.2 |
| 7. | 6 | M. ØSTBERG | 18:36.6 | +5.8 | +25.0 |
| 8. | 15 | H. SOLBERG | 18:38.3 | +1.7 | +26.7 |
| 9. | 8 | K. RÄIKKÖNEN | 19:07.8 | +29.5 | +56.2 |
| 10. | 23 | N. AL-ATTIYAH | 19:13.2 | +5.4 | +1:01.6 |
OVERALL CLASSIFICATIONS AFTER STAGE 11
| Pos | No | Driver | Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 | S. OGIER | M | 2:53:51.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 1 | S. LOEB | M | 2:54:02.4 | +11.3 | +11.3 |
| 3. | 11 | P. SOLBERG | M | 2:54:04.4 | +2.0 | +13.3 |
| 4. | 3 | M. HIRVONEN | M | 2:54:19.9 | +15.5 | +28.8 |
| 5. | 15 | H. SOLBERG | 2:57:11.9 | +2:52.0 | +3:20.8 | |
| 6. | 5 | M. WILSON | M | 2:58:36.7 | +1:24.8 | +4:45.6 |
| 7. | 8 | K. RÄIKKÖNEN | M | 2:59:59.3 | +1:22.6 | +6:08.2 |
| 8. | 25 | J. HANNINEN | S | 3:01:35.2 | +1:35.9 | +7:44.1 |
| 9. | 24 | B. SOUSA | S | 3:04:29.6 | +2:54.4 | +10:38.5 |
| 10. | 9 | D. KUIPERS | M | 3:05:01.5 | +31.9 | +11:10.4 |
SS12 The second pass through Kefalari (18.4km).
SS12 was won by a charging Sebastien Ogier who set a time 1.3s quicker than 2nd fastest Latvala, and 3.8s quicker than Loeb:
“It’s okay. We tried very hard on this one. The time is not bad. We will have to push on the last stage as well because the gap is not enough.”
Mikko Hirvonen was 2.8s down on Sebastien Loeb through SS12, finishing in 13m31.8s:
“There’s still a small chance to get the boys. I want to be in a position to fight tomorrow. The dust has been a problem in daylight, so during the night the dust could be a disaster.”
Petter Solberg set the 5th fastest time 9.3s off Ogier's fastest time, in 13m34.5s:
“It was loose! I can’t push more. The last two stages have absolutely killed me. I don’t want to lose too much time to Ogier for tomorrow. I’m looking forward to driving in the dark.”
THE TIMES SET BY THE FIVE FASTEST DRIVERS AND WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY AT THE END OF THE STAGES (QUOTES TAKEN FROM WRC.COM AND WRR)
STAGE TIMES FOR STAGE 12
| Pos | No | Driver | Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 | S. OGIER | 13:25.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 4 | J. LATVALA | 13:26.5 | +1.3 | +1.3 |
| 3. | 1 | S. LOEB | 13:29.0 | +2.5 | +3.8 |
| 4. | 3 | M. HIRVONEN | 13:31.8 | +2.8 | +6.6 |
| 5. | 11 | P. SOLBERG | 13:34.5 | +2.7 | +9.3 |
| 6. | 6 | M. ØSTBERG | 13:38.3 | +3.8 | +13.1 |
| 7. | 15 | H. SOLBERG | 13:40.4 | +2.1 | +15.2 |
| 8. | 19 | L. ATHANASSOULAS | 13:49.0 | +8.6 | +23.8 |
| 9. | 8 | K. RÄIKKÖNEN | 13:51.3 | +2.3 | +26.1 |
| 10. | 5 | M. WILSON | 13:54.4 | +3.1 | +29.2 |
| Pos | No | Driver | Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 | S. OGIER | M | 3:07:16.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 1 | S. LOEB | M | 3:07:31.4 | +15.1 | +15.1 |
| 3. | 11 | P. SOLBERG | M | 3:07:38.9 | +7.5 | +22.6 |
| 4. | 3 | M. HIRVONEN | M | 3:07:51.7 | +12.8 | +35.4 |
| 5. | 15 | H. SOLBERG | 3:10:52.3 | +3:00.6 | +3:36.0 | |
| 6. | 5 | M. WILSON | M | 3:12:31.1 | +1:38.8 | +5:14.8 |
| 7. | 8 | K. RÄIKKÖNEN | M | 3:13:50.6 | +1:19.5 | +6:34.3 |
| 8. | 25 | J. HANNINEN | S | 3:15:49.9 | +1:59.3 | +8:33.6 |
| 9. | 24 | B. SOUSA | S | 3:18:56.6 | +3:06.7 | +11:40.3 |
| 10. | 9 | D. KUIPERS | M | 3:19:16.7 | +20.1 | +12:00.4 |
Ahead of the night stage the drivers will be doing a lot of thinking.. Sebastien Ogier will be thinking whether or not to play tactics again, Loeb will be thinking the same, (after all they have worked for his team mate) and if you ask me Petter Solberg will just be thinking MUST GO FLAT OUT!
We shall see what happens :)
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