Sebastien Loeb won his 40 th victory in a career at the stages of World Championship rallying. On the first day of Rally Sardinia Sebastien Loeb of Citroen factory team was able to create for itself a comfortable enough advantage to not allow competitors to approach a dangerous distance. Error-free ride allowed him to finish the day with a margin of 35 seconds over holding the second position Dani Sordo, team-mate. Loeb became a leader after the second special stage, which in the lead after the first part of Latvala Ford factory team damaged the car and lost a half minutes. "A good day for me, and given second place Dani - also for the team as a whole - said Loeb at the end of the day on the service in Olbia. - Similar to the situation in Jordan, but we will make sure those problems do not recur. The machine is OK, but tomorrow I'll start first, which is not very good. I tried today to create an adequate reserve in time for tomorrow, we'll see whether it is enough. " In Sordo was also not specific problems, not counting the periodic disruptions in the negotiation unit, making it difficult for the perception of transcripts. The third position after the first day, 18 seconds behind Sordo, took a pilot factory team Subaru Petter Solberg. Incurred during the race problem was solved with shock absorbers on a daily service, the rate increased, and Solberg was able to circumvent a team-mate Chris Atkinson and Mikko Hirvonen of the factory team Ford. On the second day of the race leader Sebastien Loeb maintained, while his teammate Dani Sordo rolled into fifth place. The second and third divided pilots Ford Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala. Latvala, who lost the lead in Friday, Saturday, won all the stages. Occupied the third place Petter Solberg of Subaru due to an error in selecting the team bus rolled down and punch up to 10 th position. He was so upset by what had happened, he refused to give comments to the press. As a result, the benefits of Sebastien Loeb, whom he succeeded on the first day, enough to win the race. Second place went to team leader Mikko Hirvonen Ford, who fell behind Seb just 10 seconds. Third place went to Latvale, who fell behind on their partner for Ford by only 5 seconds.
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