Rally Mexico stage 14 FULL classification notes,quotes - Ogier leads Evans and Neuville 18.03.2023: WRC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Rally Guanajuato Mexico SS14 Las Dunas Superspecial 2 Saturday, March 18th 2023 All live and Videopass HERE 1 #17 FRA S. OGIER FRA V. LANDAIS GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID M Rally1 2:04:07.2

WRC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
Rally Guanajuato Mexico
 SS14 Las Dunas Superspecial 2
Saturday, March 18th 2023

All live and Videopass HERE

NEUVILLE CLOSES IN ON EVANS AT THE MIDDAY BREAK; OGIER OUT IN FRONT


The second pass of the weekend through the Las Dunas quarry stage preceded a return to the service area in León. WRC2 crews got their first taste of competitive action after taking a road detour following Esapekka Lappi’s accident.



Evans again dropped time to Neuville and headed to the midday break with his grip on second place reduced to 8.7 seconds. The Belgian had set three consecutive fastest times. Ogier’s lead was 28.5 seconds.  



Oliver Solberg was the quickest of the WRC2 runners with the third fastest time of all the drivers, although sixth-placed Gus Greensmith led Adrien Fourmaux by 17.7 seconds.



Car 8.     TÄNAK/JÄRVEOJA
“Yesterday we had technical issues and the car was not driving. Now we have the car fixed and it’s
more or less normal. We need to try to understand on gravel. It is difficult for me to find anything that
makes sense on gravel. For me. it is not working out.”



Car 69.    ROVANPERÄ/HALTTUNEN
“It seems each car has better times. There is not much more we can do. The road is cleaning faster by
each car. It is not easy. Opening the road yesterday we had to use soft tyres and we didn’t have enough
to use for today.




Car 11.   NEUVILLE/WYDAEGHE
“It’s 8.7 seconds, a little less than this morning. I expected a little bit more this morning. Elfyn was also
driving very well. We are going to improve a bit the handling of he car. In the faster sections that’s where
we are losing time. The car is working okay.”  



Car 33.   EVANS/MARTIN
“Thierry has been going well. My achilles heel seems to be the little super special here, the loose one.
It’s never easy to push, You have to find the balance between pushing and carrying the speed. The big
rocks are already there from the first pass. I’m feeling good in the car. We will just get on with it and see
what happens.”



Car 17.   OGIER/LANDAIS
“It’s a shame the battle ended early in this morning. That’s the way it is with rallying. You need three
days together to win a race and so far we have done one and a half. Now I stay on the safe mode.
There is still risk of puncture and some trouble. I feel good in the car and that’s important.”



Car 4.    LAPPI (talking about his crash on SS11)
“The end result was that I was a bit caught out. Let’s say a right with a cut and it went into a left over
crest, right. I stayed on the cut and there was a delay on the entry on the left and we went wide and hit
the bank, spun out and we hit the electricity pole. Very unfortunate and it was fully my mistake. It’s hard
to swallow. On the other hand, when you fight for the win you need to push. Maybe I was not pushing
hard enough. I was not naybe having the same flow you have when you really attack. A bit too late on
the rhythm.



Car 6.      SORDO/CARRERA
“With the road position it is really difficult to stay in front and the road cleaning effect was high.  The
roads are nice to drive and you enjoy.”



Car 9.      SERDERIDIS/MICLOTTE
“We had a small mistake with the notes on the cut yesterday. We lost the Wheel. Today it’s about
cleaning. A good excercise for us. We are not so bad. I am quite happy with the morning. It is full of
tricky parts and you have to be extremely precise. One small mistake is easily penalised here and you
have to be really concentrated.”







- Neil Perkins

OVERALL STANDINGS FULL

1     #17     FRA S. OGIER     FRA V. LANDAIS     GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID     M     Rally1     2:04:07.2        


2     #33     GBR E. EVANS     GBR S. MARTIN     GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID     M     Rally1     2:04:35.7     +28.5     +28.5


3     #11     BEL T. NEUVILLE     BEL M. WYDAEGHE     i20 N Rally1 HYBRID     M     Rally1     2:04:44.4     +8.7     +37.2


4     #69     FIN K. ROVANPERÄ     FIN J. HALTTUNEN     GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID     M     Rally1     2:05:21.0     +36.6     +1:13.8


5     #6     ESP D. SORDO     ESP C. CARRERA     i20 N Rally1 HYBRID     M     Rally1     2:06:04.1     +43.1     +1:56.9


6     #20     GBR G. GREENSMITH     SWE J. ANDERSSON     Fabia RS     WRC2 (D/C)     Rally2     2:13:01.9     +6:57.8     +8:54.7


7     #22     FRA A. FOURMAUX     FRA A. CORIA     Fiesta MkII     WRC2 (D/C)     Rally2     2:13:19.6     +17.7     +9:12.4


8     #24     FIN E. LINDHOLM     FIN R. HÄMÄLÄINEN     Fabia Evo     WRC2 (T/D/C)     Rally2     2:13:26.5     +6.9     +9:19.3


9     #25     POL K. KAJETANOWICZ     POL M. SZCZEPANIAK     Fabia Evo     WRC2 (DC/CC)     Rally2     2:14:08.7     +42.2     +10:01.5


10     #21     SWE O. SOLBERG     GBR E. EDMONDSON     Fabia RS     WRC2 (D/C)     Rally2     2:14:39.1     +30.4     +10:31.9


11     #26     CZE M. PROKOP     CZE M. ERNST     Fiesta MkII     WRC2 (DC/CC)     Rally2     2:16:24.6     +1:45.5     +12:17.4


12     #34     MEX C. SALAS     MEX J. ZAPATA     Fabia     NACAM     Rally2     2:18:09.6     +1:45.0     +14:02.4


13     #8     EST O. TÄNAK     EST M. JÄRVEOJA     Puma Rally1 HYBRID     M     Rally1     2:18:40.6     +31.0     +14:33.4


14     #31     MEX R. CORDERO     MEX M. HERNANDEZ     C3     NACAM     Rally2     2:21:09.0     +2:28.4     +17:01.8


15     #30     PRY D. DOMINGUEZ     ESP R. PEÑATE     Fiesta Rally3     WRC3     Rally3     2:21:43.4     +34.4     +17:36.2


16     #27     POL D. CHWIST     POL K. HELLER     Fabia Evo     WRC2 (DC/CC)     Rally2     2:23:36.5     +1:53.1     +19:29.3


17     #29     CHL J. MARTINEZ     ARG A. ALVAREZ     Fabia     WRC2 (DC/CC)     Rally2     2:25:43.3     +2:06.8     +21:36.1


18     #36     MEX A. MAURO SANCHEZ     ESP D. SANJUAN DE EUSEBIO     Fabia Evo     NACAM     Rally2     2:25:58.6     +15.3     +21:51.4


19     #35     IRL J. COYNE     IRL E. TREACY     Fiesta MkII         Rally2     2:26:07.3     +8.7     +22:00.1


20     #38     MEX P. SPITALIER     MEX N. SPITALIER     Clio RS         Rally5     2:30:01.7     +3:54.4     +25:54.5


21     #42     MEX E. RETAMA     MEX D. RETAMA     Clio RS     NACAM     Rally5     2:34:44.6     +4:42.9     +30:37.4


22     #37     CAN J. BAILEY     CAN S. PETERSON     Fiesta Rally3     WRC3 (DM)     Rally3     2:35:38.3     +53.7     +31:31.1


23     #28     PER E. CASTRO     ARG F. MUSSANO     Fabia Evo     WRC2 (DC/CC)     Rally2     2:46:49.5     +11:11.2     +42:42.3


24     #18     JPN T. KATSUTA     IRL A. JOHNSTON     GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID         Rally1     3:05:56.7     +19:07.2     +1:01:49.5


25     #32     MEX M. GRANADOS     ESP M. MARTI     Fabia Evo     NACAM     Rally2     3:17:50.2     +11:53.5     +1:13:43.0


26     #7     FRA P. LOUBET     BEL N. GILSOUL     Puma Rally1 HYBRID     M     Rally1     3:25:33.2     +7:43.0     +1:21:26.0


27     #9     GRC J. SERDERIDIS     BEL F. MICLOTTE     Puma Rally1 HYBRID         Rally1     3:29:32.7     +3:59.5     +1:25:25.5




./.. times remain provisional



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