11/3 - 20:21
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11/3 - 20:20
FINAL 1 Loeb 2 Hirvonen +42.4s 3 Solberg +2:11.4s 4 Ostberg+4:51.5s 5 Tanak +5:02.6s 6 Al-Attiyah + 6:41.4s 7 Araujo +12:46.9s 8 Ogier +14:57.8s 9 Block +22:26.8s 10 Trivino +23:30.7s 11/3 - 20:17
SS24 1 Solberg 2 Loeb +1.5s 3 Ostberg +2.7s 4 Tanak +2.7s 5 Hirvonen +2.9s 6 Al-Attiyah +6.6s 7 Neuville +8.8s 8 Block +14.5s 9 Ogier +16.0s 10 Araujo +17.5s 11/3 - 20:14
DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP 1Loeb 66 points 2 Hirvonen 50 3 P. Solberg 47 4 Latvala 32 5 Ostberg 28 6 Novikov 21 7 Sordo 18 8 Tanak 14 9 Delecour 8 10 Al-Attiyah 8
11/3 - 20:14
POWER STAGE RESULTS 1 Solberg 3 points 2 Loeb 2 points 1 Ostberg i point
11/3 - 20:13
1st place Sébastien Loeb : "I realy enjoy this rally, because I always win here. I am also very happy for Mikko and iot is great for the team!" 11/3 - 20:11
Loeb goes second quick on the Power Stage.11/3 - 20:10
SEBASTIEN LOEB HAS WON RALLY MEXICO !11/3 - 20:10
2nd place Mikko Hirvonen : "I am happy. The first rally with this car on gravel. Second place is a good finish, behind Sébastien."11/3 - 20:09
Mikko Hirvonen is through the Power Stage,but 4th quickest, no points for the Finn. Hirvonen takes second place on Rally Mexico. 11/3 - 20:04
SOlberg : "I am pleased with the end result, but we lost so much time with the punctures and brake problems yesterday. I really want to win the 3 points for the Power Stage! "11/3 - 20:03
Solberg has gone quickest,2.7s up from Ostberg and he finishes third on Rally Mexico. "11/3 - 20:01
Ostberg goes 66.1000ths quicker than Tanak. "This rally has had its up and downs. We had a puncture on the 54km stage. It was tricky, but we managed to go to the end and it didn't effect our overall position.11/3 - 19:59
1 Loeb 2 Hirvonen +41.0s 3 Solberg +2:12.9s 4 Ostberg+4:50.3s 5 Tanak +5:01.4s 6 Al-Attiyah + 6:36.3 7 Araujo +12:30.9s 8 Ogier +14:43.3s 9 Block +22:13.7s 10 Trivino +23:08.9s 11/3 - 19:57
Tanak is fastest so far in the Power Stage at 3:14.1s 11/3 - 19:52
SS23 1 Loeb 2 Solberg +0.1s 3 Ostberg +3.9s 4 Tanak +4.9s 5 Hirvonen +5.2s 6 Al-Attiyah +5.3s 7 Neuville +10.6s 8 Block +13.2s 9 Araujo + 20.57 10 Ogier +39.4s 11/3 - 19:50
Loeb is through the stage,0.1s up from Solberg. 11/3 - 19:48
Hirvonen is through the stage, 5.1s down from Solberg.11/3 - 19:41
Solberg is through the stage, 3.8s up from Ostberg.11/3 - 19:41
The VW Power Stage (5.46km) is underway.11/3 - 19:40
Ostberg is through the stage, one second up from Tanak.11/3 - 19:38
THE FIA HAS DECIDED NOT TO ALLOW LATVALA TO RUN SS23. HIS RALLY IS OVER !11/3 - 19:35
Tanak is through the stage, 0.4s up from Al-Attiyah.11/3 - 19:33
Al-Attiyah is through the stage, 5.3s up from Neuville.11/3 - 19:30
Discussion s are going on with the FIA as to whether Jari-Matti Latvala will be allowed to carry on. Latvala has head in hands. He's gutted !11/3 - 19:19
Latvala has major front end damage. He has torn just about everything off. He says he saw Novikov's crash from a long way off and then lost concentration and ended up rolling. He is trying to do what he can to continue on.11/3 - 19:16
Neuville has set a reference time of 7:25.5s.11/3 - 19:06
Derramadero (10.58km) is underway. Sébastien Loeb is now 11 kilometres away from a sixth triumph on Rally Mexico !11/3 - 18:51
1 Loeb 2 Hirvonen +35.8s 3 Solberg +2:12.8s 4 Ostberg+4:46.4s 5 Tanak +4:56.5s 6 Al-Attiyah + 6:31.30 7 Latvala +9:14.6s 8 Araujo +12:10.2s 9 Ogier +14:03.9s 10 Block +22:00.0s 11/3 - 18:49
SS22 1 Hirvonen 2 Loeb + 0.7s 3 Solberg +3.9s 4 Al-Attiyah +20.4s 5 Tanak +34.5s 6 Neuville +43.3s 7 Araujo +1:25.5 8 Ogier +1:56.8s 9 Ostberg +2:02.9s 10 Latvala +7:22.8s 11/3 - 18:46
Loeb is through the stage, 0.7s down from Hirvonen. 11/3 - 18:45
Hirvonen is through the stage, 3.9s up from Solberg.11/3 - 18:44
Latvala is moving, but he dropped naer six minutes and h still has a few kms to go.11/3 - 18:40
LATVALA HAS ROLLED !11/3 - 18:39
Latvala has dropped over three minutes late in the stage!11/3 - 18:38
Solberg is through the stag, 16.5s up from Al-Attiyah.11/3 - 18:37
Ostberg has limped through the stage, more than 1:40 to Al-Attiyah.11/3 - 18:34
Loeb is 0.7s up from Hirovonen at plit 7.11/3 - 18:33
Latvala is 16.3s up from Loeb at split 7.11/3 - 18:32
Latvala is 15.8s up from Hirvonen at split 8.11/3 - 18:32
Tanak comes through 14.1s down from Al-Attiyah.11/3 - 18:31
Latvala is 15 seconds up from Hirvonen at split 7.11/3 - 18:30
Latvala is 21.7s up from Solberg at split 8.11/3 - 18:29
Al-Attiyah is through the stage, 22.9s up from Neuville.11/3 - 18:28
Latvala is 13.3s up from Loeb at split 6.11/3 - 18:27
Latvala is 18.9s up from Solberg at split 7 11/3 - 18:25
Latvala is 12.1s up from loeb at split 5.11/3 - 18:25
Latvala is 14.6 up from Hirvonen at split 6.11/3 - 18:23
Latvala is 10.8s up from Loeb at split 4.11/3 - 18:22
Latvala is 14.2s up from Solberg at split 6.11/3 - 18:21
Ogier has come through the stage, but Block and Nvikov have not come through.11/3 - 18:20
Latvala is 10.6s up from Hirvonen at split 4.11/3 - 18:20
There may be a situation after split 8. No times coming through, drivers should have come through the finish.11/3 - 18:18
Latvala is 8.6s up from Loeb at split 3.11/3 - 18:17
Novikov seems to have stopped in the stage.11/3 - 18:16
Latvala is 6.4s up from Loeb at split 2.11/3 - 18:15
Latvala is 7 seconds up from Hirvonen at split 3.11/3 - 18:14
Latvala is 1.6s up from Loeb at split 1.11/3 - 18:13
Latvala is 2.9s up from Hirvonen at split 2.11/3 - 18:12
Latvala is 0.5s up from Hirvonen at he opening split.11/3 - 18:12
Latvala is 7.7s up from Solberg at split 3.11/3 - 18:11
Neuville is through the stage in 37:14.0s11/3 - 18:09
Latvala is 5.7s up from Solberg at split 2. 11/3 - 18:09
Latvala is 8.7s up from Tanak at split 2.11/3 - 18:07
Solberg is 3 seconds up from Tanak at split 2.11/3 - 18:07
Tanak is 2.4s up from Neuville at split 4.11/3 - 18:05
Neuville is doing a grand job as road sweeper, running quicker than several drivrs behind him in the stage. 11/3 - 18:01
Atkinson has stopped in the stage. His rally could be over.11/3 - 17:35
Guanajuatito (54.3km), the longest stage of the rally is underway. This is the one everyone has been waiting for. Loeb and Hirvonen have to be careful to be not too careful and make a mistake. Latvala will be pushing hard.11/3 - 17:14
TOP TEN OVERALL 1 Loeb 2 Hirvonen +36.5s 3 Latvala +1:52.5s 4 Solberg +2:19.6s 5 Ostberg+2:44.2s 6 Tanak +4:22.7s 7 Al-Attiyah + 6:11.3s 8 Araujo +10:45.4s 9 Ogier +12:07.8s 10 Block +13:55.8s 11/3 - 17:13
SS21 1 Neuville 2 Atkinson +1.5s 3 Solberg +2.2s 4 Latvala +3.0s 5 Loeb + 3.5s 6 Ostberg +3.5s 7 Hirvonen +3.8s 8 Al-Attiyah +4.0s 9 Tanak +4.1s 10 Nokivov +4.6s 11/3 - 17:11
Thierry Neuville takes the Super Special, his first career WRC stage win !11/3 - 17:11
Loeb is through the Super Special, 3.5s down from Neuville. "It is always fun to drive this kind of stage, but it was a warm-up. Now we will have a very big stage. No problems.11/3 - 17:06
Latvala is through the stage with 4th best time. "It was a good fight with Mikko. I tried to a quick time, but Petter was faster. He is good on these stages. I didn't take th short cut. The next stage is physically commanding, but I don't think it is as bad as the 42km stage we did twice yesterday." 11/3 - 17:04
Hirvonen is through the Super Special from Neuville."Jari took the short cut, so he was a little faster. Our car will be alrigtht for the long stage."11/3 - 16:59
Solnerg is through the super special, 2rd best time so far. "We had a good run, no problems. There was a lot of gravel, everyone is cutting and throwing gravel onto the line. We will out on two new tyres for the next stage."11/3 - 16:53
Thierry Neuville has preovesional best time, but the big guns, Loeb, Hirvonen, Solberg and Latvala are getting ready.11/3 - 16:30
SUper Special 5 (4.42km) is underway. They will be racing two-by-two on this one. No split times, but we'll hear from the top drivers.11/3 - 16:07
MATTON PLEASED WITH RELIABILTY AND DRIVER’S PACE “First of all, I think we have to stress the reliability of our cars, which have had no problems despite the extreme conditions,” said Yves Matton, Citroën Racing Team Principal. “Our drivers managed the day perfectly, and now head into the final day with a comfortable lead. But tomorrow’s 54km stage might yet spring a few surprises. So that we can fully enjoy the end of the rally, we hope that we won’t see any more rocks put on the racing line by ill intentioned people. Their actions are dangerous for the crews and the spectators. 11/3 - 16:04
WILSON ENCOURAGING HIS DRIVERS : Ford World Rally Team director Malcolm Wilson said he would encourage his drivers to push hard on the final day of Rally Mexico. “In 2004 we were third and fourth going into the final day and finished first and second. It would be a good story if history repeated itself! “Our pace was strong today (Saturday) and we claimed the most stage wins, but sadly we didn’t reduce the deficit. We asked Jari-Matti to push and keep the pressure on the cars ahead and the gap was falling until he clipped a rock. Petter improved his pace and his speed on his first gravel rally in the car bodes well for the future,” added Wilson.11/3 - 16:01
Start Order Day Three 1 Thierry Neuville (B) / Nicolas Gilsoul (B) Citroen DS3 WRC 2 Chris Atkinson (AUS) / Stéphane Prevost (B) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3 Evgeny Novikov (RUS) / Denis Giraudet (F) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4 Ken Block (USA) / Alex Gelsomino (USA) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5 Sébastien Ogier (F) / Julien Ingrassia (F) Skoda Fabia S2000 6 Armindo Araujo (P) / Miguel Ramalho (P) Mini John Cooper Works WRC 7 Nasser Al-Attiyah (Q) / Giovanni Bernacchini (I) Citroen DS3 WRC 8 Ott Tanak (EST) / Kuldar Sikk (EST) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 9 Mads Ostberg (N) / Jonas Andersson (S) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 10 Petter Solberg (N) / Chris Patterson (GB) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 11 Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) / Mikka Antttila (FIN) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 12 Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) / Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN) Ford Fiesta RS WRC 13 Sébastien Loeb (F) / Daniel Elena (MC) Citroen DS3 WRC 11/3 - 15:56
Hello and welcome to day 3 of Rally Mexico, round 3 of the 2012 World Rally Championship. Four stages on today's menu with the 54.76 Guanajautito monster test. Sébstien Loeb had a commanding lead. Will he be able to hold on or will it be team-mate Mikko Hirvonen scoring his first win for Citroen, or will Ford's luck change with Jari-Matti Latvala coming through? Stay with motorstv.com for all the split times, diver interviews and breaking news.
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