SS17: Citroën’s drivers fight for the victory
Petter Solberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) won his fourth consecutive stage and he shortens the gap by less than one minute with Sébastien Ogier (Skoda Fabia S2000), who is – up to now-, seventh overall. Sébastien Loeb (Citroën DS3 WRC) was faster than Mikko Hirvonen (Citroën DS3 WRC) and now he takes an advantage of 5,6 overall. On the other hand, Dani Sordo (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) seems to have everything under control to keep the third place in the podium. There are two stages left and the Spanish driver has a difference on 1m30s3 over Mads Ostberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) who is fourth overall.
First five positions of SS17 (Mina Clavero – Giulio Cesare II)
1° P. Solberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC), 15:29.3
2° E. Novikov (Ford Fiesta RS WRC), +1,7
3° T. Neuville (Citroën DS3 WRC), +10,1
4° D. Sordo (Ford Fiesta RS WRC), +10,9
5° N. Al-Attiyah (Citroën DS3 WRC), +16,4
Overall Classification
1° S. Loeb (Citroën DS3 WRC), 5:22:21,5
2° M. Hirvonen (Citroën DS3 WRC), +5,6
3° D. Sordo (Ford Fiesta RS WRC), +1:32,5
4° M. Ostberg (Ford Fiesta RS WRC), +3:02,8
5° M. Prokop (Ford Fiesta RS WRC), +9:25,9
