SS8 saw Mikko Hirvonen bag another stage win. He had his eyes set on a top 5 maybe even a podium finish?
Mikko Hirvonen positively rocketd through SS8. 9m19.3s , 3.0s faster than his team-mate, 4.0s quicker than Sebastien Ogier and 5.1s faster than rally leader Sebastien Loeb.
Norwegian Petter Solberg lost some time on the stage when he had to slow down after Jari Ketomaa rolled on the stage.Petter Solberg completed the stage in 9m26.2s
“We drove a bit in the glass of Ketomaa - he has rolled. It’s slippery elsewhere on the stage.”
His team mate Kris Meeke was through 4.4s quicker.
The notes seem to be working well and I’m getting into a better rhythm, we’re taking it step by step. There’s more to come from me - we just have to keep building.”
AFTER STAGE 8 THE OVERALL CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE TOP 10 WERE AS FOLLOWS
1 Sebastien Loeb 1h07m33.6s;
2 Sebastien Ogier +0.7s;
3 Jari-Matti Latvala +5.0s;
4 Peter Solberg +29.7s;
5 Mads Ostberg +55.7s;
6 Dani Sordo +1m16.7s.
7.J. Hanninen +1m22.5s
8. Kris Meeke +1m38.2s
9.Mikko Hirvonen +1m39.0s
10.Henning Solberg +1m53.2s
SS9 Hyväneula 2 (29.9km)
SS9 saw Mikko take another stage win and Sebastien Ogier stealing away the rally Finland lead from his team mate.
He was 1.1s quicker than his team mate on the stage which was enough to move him into the lead
“It was another good stage. We all pushed to the maximum and it’s difficult to make a difference. I’m happy with the way I drove and the car is working well.”
Jari-Matti came in at 2.9s slower than Ogier after a scary moment on the stage.
“I had a moment at the beginning of the stage. I’m running the car quite low, I hit a rut and the sump guard ground out. It moved the car around and I lost control. Still, we have more stages this afternoon.”
Mikko Hirvonens fastest stage time moved him above kris on the leaderboard after kris experienced some problems with the mini on the stage
“The car wouldn’t start before the last stage. We tried everything, looked around all the leads, and then I tried it one more time before we were going to give up, and it worked. The wipers won’t go off now! I’m not turning off the engine until we get to service. The time’s not bad though.”
Kris Meeke time was 14m10.0s, losing little this time in comparison to team-mate Sordo’s 14m07.4s:
SS8FANVIDEO
STAGE 9 TIMES WERE
| Pos | No | Driver | Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 | M. HIRVONEN | 13:53.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 2 | S. OGIER | 13:54.3 | +1.0 | +1.0 |
| 3. | 1 | S. LOEB | 13:55.4 | +1.1 | +2.1 |
| 4. | 4 | J. LATVALA | 13:57.2 | +1.8 | +3.9 |
| 5. | 11 | P. SOLBERG | 13:57.7 | +0.5 | +4.4 |
| 6. | 6 | M. ØSTBERG | 14:05.2 | +7.5 | +11.9 |
| 7. | 15 | H. SOLBERG | 14:07.0 | +1.8 | +13.7 |
| 8. | 37 | D. SORDO | 14:07.4 | +0.4 | +14.1 |
| 9. | 52 | K. MEEKE | 14:10.0 | +2.6 | +16.7 |
| 10. | 8 | K. RÄIKKÖNEN | 14:15.8 | +5.8 | +22.5 |
AFTER STAGE 9 THE OVERALL CLASSIFICATIONS WERE
| Pos | No | Driver | Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 | S. OGIER | M | 1:21:28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2. | 1 | S. LOEB | M | 1:21:29.0 | +0.4 | +0.4 |
| 3. | 4 | J. LATVALA | M | 1:21:35.8 | +6.8 | +7.2 |
| 4. | 11 | P. SOLBERG | M | 1:22:01.0 | +25.2 | +32.4 |
| 5. | 6 | M. ØSTBERG | M | 1:22:34.5 | +33.5 | +1:05.9 |
| 6. | 37 | D. SORDO | 1:22:57.8 | +23.3 | +1:29.2 | |
| 7. | 3 | M. HIRVONEN | M | 1:23:05.9 | +8.1 | +1:37.3 |
| 8. | 52 | K. MEEKE | 1:23:21.9 | +16.0 | +1:53.3 | |
| 9. | 25 | J. HÄNNINEN | S | 1:23:26.5 | +4.6 | +1:57.9 |
| 10. | 15 | H. SOLBERG | 1:23:33.9 | +7.4 | +2:05.3 |
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