WRC Acropolis Rally: Leaderboard Shakes as Five Lottery as Ogier

The Sebastian Ogier has moved under the leadership of Greece, despite several world rally championship crew to take a puncture on a cruelty on Friday morning.

Eight -time world champion Ogier completed the morning loop with a 6.1 lead over Hyundai Oat Tanakwith Adrian Formox Adrift in the third 14.4s.

Ogier took an overnight lead with Tanak at the feet of Friday after the Athens Super Special of last night. Ogier set a blistering time in Stage Two, despite being second on the road, before finishing third, the effect of road cleaning caught in stage three, which helped Hyundai Thierry neurvilleStarting from the fifth, to march in a 4.2 lead over the formox.

However, the leaderboard reduced a shake in the second pass through the Agi Theodori phase, which hosted the second test in the temperature. Routed roads highlighted a lot of bedrakes, increasing the risk of puncture, hoping the crew to affect the rally, which is very thick due to long -term dry weather compared to previous years.

The rally was suffering from six puncture from 1 crew or tires were damaged in stage four. Neuville was most affected because a front-left failure gave him the cost of the rally lead. The ruled world champions were elected to press it instead of changing it and managed to reach the end of the 39.5S losing platform.

This was enough to leave the newcomer in the sixth place in total because the Ogier left behind the tire of the stage after topping the Times in Stage Four.

“At this time there is no drama honestly, we have lost 39s and we need to target the situation of a good road for tomorrow and this is the only thing we can do. If luck is not in our favor we will not be able to do so,” Neurville told Autosport.

“There is a big risk of puncture, so it is the same for everyone. It is a lottery, all tires are damaged.

“Hanging dust was a problem this morning and we could see that we were losing some time. This is a problem that we know but we just act as if it is nothing.”

Keeping in mind the status of his road, the Ogier described the rally as “right” despite puncture.

Ogier told Autosport, “I am happy. This is an ideal beginning for us. I am really happy with my driving and how we have managed it. It was very fat in the previous stage, but it’s just a taste that is going to come.”

“Fortunately the puncture came at a distance of 200 meters from the end of the stage, so we did not lose any time.”

Toyota Takmoto katsususa Charan two was the first to take a puncture and was quickly followed by the M-Sport pair Josh McRlen and Martins Sesk. Catsuta and McRlen stayed two minutes to replace the wheels, while Sesk continued on their deflation rubber, losing 1M33s. Nine WRC2 runners were forced to stop with tire issues.

The second pass of the stage provided even more torture for tires as championship leader Elephin EvansTanak, Sami PajariMcRlen and his M-Sport Team-Mate Gregor Munter Five or tire damage.

Formox, who won stage three, was among some to avoid tire troubles, who tried their best to escape and escape the most thick sections of the feet. The French hopes that he will get the time back from the authorities after being trapped in the dust of the delayed Katsuta in Stage Two.

“In the previous one I decided to manage rough parts because the road was destroyed, so I was really careful of escaping the rocks and going out of the line. I was losing time but it was fine, it was okay, how I want to manage it,” Formox told Autosport.

In the afternoon stages, the Pajari of Toyota organized the fourth (+27.5s) ahead of the Kalle Rowanpera, who struggled to find a balance in his GR Yaris (+32.4S).

Evans is going there before suffering from a steering issue caused by an impact, which left the championship leader in the seventh, with a top M-Sport runner in the eighth with Munter. Oliver solberg Enjoyed a trouble-free run to top the WRC2 field in the ninth.