|
CARLOS
SAINZ and and Marc Marti have taken the lead of this year's
Rally of Turkey!
'El Matador'
is back! With the final leg and 90km of rough stages remaining,
the Spaniard is more than one minute ahead of nearest rivals,
Richard Burns and Robert Reid.
Ford's
Francois Duval and Jean-Marc Fortin are third making it three
different manufacturers on the podium.
Anything
can happen on the final day as the first two legs of the Rally
of Turkey have proved. After the retirements of Sebastien
Loeb and Petter Solberg on the first leg, as well as the retirement
of rally leader, Harri Rovanpera, on the second leg, there
is still a long way to go. Top ten:
| 1 |
Carlos
Sainz / Marc Marti |
Citroen
Xsara WRC |
3hrs
26mins 49.9secs |
| 2 |
Richard
Burns / Robert Reid |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
3hrs
28mins 09.4secs |
| 3 |
Francois
Duval / Jean-Marc Fortin |
Ford
Focus WRC |
3hrs
28mins 33.9secs |
| 4 |
Colin
McRae / Derek Ringer |
Citroen
Xsara WRC |
3hrs
29mins 15.9secs |
| 5 |
Gilles
Panizzi / Herve Panizzi |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
3hrs
29mins 35.0secs |
| 6 |
Toni
Gardemeister / Paavo Lukander |
Skoda
Octavia WRC |
3hrs
30mins 29.6secs |
| 7 |
Markko
Martin / Michael Park |
Ford
Focus WRC |
3hrs
30mins 44.2secs |
| 8 |
Tommi
Makinen / Kaj Lindstrom |
Subaru
Impreza WRC |
3hrs
33mins 50.9secs |
| 9 |
Freddy
Loix / Sven Smeets |
Hyundai
Accent WRC |
3hrs
36mins 55.5secs |
| 10 |
Juuso
Pykalisto / Esko Mertsalmi |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
3hrs
38mins 04.5secs |
- Armin
Schwarz retired on stage seven with damaged rear suspension.
- Tommi
Makinen lost time on stage eight when a tyre came
off a wheel.
- Francois
Duval spun on stage eight.
- Tommi
Makinen damaged his suspension on stage ten.
- Gilles
Panizzi went off the road twice on stage eleven.
- Marcus
Gronholm lost time with a spin on stage twelve.
- Harri
Rovanpera retired with a broken rear axle on stage
thirteen.
|
- Kris
Meeke rolled on the final corner of stage one.
- Petter
Solberg lost time with a spin on stage three.
- Marcus
Gronholm lost time with power steering problems on
stage three.
- Juuso
Pykalisto went off the road on stage three.
- Sebastien
Loeb retired on route to stage four.
- Mikko
Hirvonen retired with a broken strut on stage four.
- Petter
Solberg retired with a broken steering arm on stage
four.
- Colin
McRae lost time with a puncture on stage four.
- Juuso
Pykalisto lost time with a spin on stage six.
|
|
