After pre event shakedown, it seems that the ‘War of the Sebastien’s’ is level pegged. With both Seb’s setting an equal time of 2 minutes 39.4 seconds. Of course Shakedown is not always a true test of the rally stages. But gives us a glimpse into the sort of battle we can expect to see over the weekend. It was Citroen’s Dani Sordo who set the fastest time through the stage.
Photo: D.Darrall
Rallye de France Shakedown Results
Strasbourg Hautepierre (3,8 km)
1. Dani Sordo: 2min 36.5sec 2. Thierry Neuville: +1.5s 3. Mikko Hirvonen: +1.5s 4. Jari-Matti Latvala: +2.5s 5. Sebastien Loeb: +2.9s 6. Sebastien Ogier: +2.9s 7. Andreas Mikkelsen: +3.1s 8. Evgeny Novikov: +3.4s 9. Mads Ostberg: +4.1s 10. Romain Dumas: +5.9s 11. Tomas Kostka: +6.5s 12. Martin Prokop: +7.1s
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