RallyRACC, mid day 2: Loeb, increases his lead. Sordo recovers ground; the public fills the stages

(23/10/2010)

After three of the six stages that form the second competitive day of the 46 RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA, Rally of Spain, Sébastien Loeb-Daniel Elena (Citroën) increased their advantage over their closest rivals. Sébastien Ogier-Julien Ingrassia (Citroën C4 WRC) are not among them anymore, as they lost more than 15 minutes in Riudecanyes 1 after a crash. On arrival at the PortAventura service park, Loeb keeps an advantage of 46.2 seconds over the next car, Petter Solberg-Chris Patterson (Citroën C4 WRC).

Dani Sordo-Diego Vallejo (Citroën C4 WRC) recovered some time in the stages and also some places in the overall classification, partly thanks to Ogier’s problems, that allowed them to reach a position just outside the provisional podium. They are now fourth overall, 6.1 seconds behind the third, Latvala-Anttila (Ford Focus RS WRC 2008). The public is filling the stages, that are being held on time and without any incidents.

Over at J-WRC the best place is for the Spanish pair of Yeray Lemes-Rogelio Peñate (Renault Clio S1600), ahead of the Dutch Hans Weijs-Bjorn Degandt (Citroën C2 S1600) who, if they can keep this result, would be the Junior World Champions.

During this second day, the Riudecanyes 2 stage will be broadcast live by Canal 33 and www.elsesports.cat. The stage will start at 16.34pm. An hour before, the channel will broadcast reports and interviews about the race.

Link to watch the Riudecanyes 2 stage live through this website: http://www.elsesports.cat/motorafons/html/directes/