Rally Australia was full of surprises and unexpected events. No-one could have predicted how the weekend played out, ending with a one, two for Ford!
Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen took the win with Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttilla second. It was an extremely important win for the team who have been waiting for a win since the beginning of the season!
Latvala had started the day in the lead but ultimately slowed to enable his team mate to win the rally to aid his chances in the drivers championship. Championship leader Loeb is now 15 points in the lead with the Citroen team 62 points ahead of Ford in the manufacturers title.After a bad spat of rallies Jari-Matti has decided this his title dreams are over for this year so he wasn't annoyed when told to slow. It was the teams first one two since Sardinia in 2009!
It was also a good weekend for Matthew Wilson who equalled his best ever WRC result.
It was another strong weekend for Petter Solberg and Chris Patterson. They finished the weekend the leading Citroen, on the podium and back on pace! Petter Solberg Never Gives Up! Solberg also took away one point for coming third on the powestage!
After a catastrophic first day Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier fought back to finish in 10th and 11th place respectively. Loeb also managed to win the powerstage taking 4 valuable points away from Rally Australia.
0 points for Ogier moved him down the championship standings from 2nd to 3rd.
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| The very happy drivers who graced the podium at rally Australia! |
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