Ogier punctures, Tanak takes advantage and wins

Always the Sardinia Rally it gave great emotions and twists to no end. But this time, perhaps, he has outdone himself. Atlast of the sixteen special tests scheduled – the Sassari Argentiera 2 – Sebastien Ogier command with 6”2 advantage over Oct Tanak and it seems directed towards the 61st success in his career, becoming among other things the most successful driver in the history of the island. Here the unthinkable happens: in the last sector of the Power Stageone drilling the transalpine slows down and the gap from Tanak is 6”4. Final results? The Estonian took the lead at the last minute by just 2 tenths and takes a great victory in Italy, number 20 in the WRC. A success that allows him to take home 25 points and climb to second place in the general table – tied at odds 104 with Elfyn Evans – and take yourself to -18 from his teammate Thierry Neuville. Sunday, and the new scoring system, saves the weekend for the Belgian from Hyundai which, after a promising start, had gone off the road on Saturday. But in Super Sunday Neuville did his duty, winning the maximum points with first place and victory of Power StagAnd. Hyundai who can celebrate Tanak’s success, Neuville’s record and the podium for Dani Sordo who, with experience, closed behind the leader and Ogier. Anonymous weekend for the other Toyota Of Elfyn Evans, fourth and never truly competitive. The Briton will try to make up for it in the next round – the seventh of the WRC World Championship – in Polandfrom 27 to 30 June.