Rallye de France-Alsace / Rally review
Sordo vs Latvala
Meanwhile a very nice fight develops between Jari-Matti Latvala
and Dani Sordo. The Finn feels
good and starts to claw back in
the direction of the Spaniard. But
Ogier is also off the leash. Het
keeps on winning stages again.
On Saturday’s final stage Latvala takes an extensive lead of no
less than 0.4 of a second. Sordo
follows him. Ogier is already on
the podium again and Loeb is in
fourth.
ing. After some scratches he took
the lead, not to lose it again. Sordo, Latvala and Neuville took the
last three scratches but Ogier was
never really threatened, proving
the championship went to the right
man. Behind him the earlier mentioned threesome took up the following spots on the leader board.
This means the battle for second
place is still open. The point gap
between Neuville and Latvala can
still be bridged. But the driver’s
and co-drivers title are in the
hands of the Volkswagen team.
Sprint from the champion
The next goal (the constructor’s
Although Ogier already was the title) will follow soon.
champion, he did not stop push-
14/64
Really getting to grips with the Polo WRC, Latvala is now also able to chase the top
asphalt drivers on the black stuff.
Sebastien takes over the reign from Sebastien, Ogier is the new World Champion and
ready to take Loeb’s spotlight.