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1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:37:13.2 0:00 1:37:13.2 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 1:37:58.0 0:00 1:37:58.0 44.8 44.8
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:38:29.7 0:00 1:38:29.7 31.7 1:16.5
4. 8 H. SOLBERG 1:39:55.2 0:00 1:39:55.2 1:25.5 2:42.0
5. 2 D. SORDO 1:40:52.3 0:00 1:40:52.3 57.1 3:39.1
6. 25 G. GALLI 1:40:59.5 0:00 1:40:59.5 7.2 3:46.3
7. 20 J. TUOHINO 1:41:31.0 0:00 1:41:31.0 31.5 4:17.8
8. 18 J. VÄLIMÄKI 1:41:34.0 0:00 1:41:34.0 3.0 4:20.8
9. 16 J. KOPECKY 1:43:39.6 0:00 1:43:39.6 2:05.6 6:26.4
10. 21 J. LATVAL
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19.08.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:37:13.2 0:00 1:37:13.2 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 1:37:58.0 0:00 1:37:58.0 44.8 44.8
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:38:29.7 0:00 1:38:29.7 31.7 1:16.5
4. 8 H. SOLBERG 1:39:55.2 0:00 1:39:55.2 1:25.5 2:42.0
5. 2 D. SORDO 1:40:52.3 0:00 1:40:52.3 57.1 3:39.1
6. 25 G. GALLI 1:40:59.5 0:00 1:40:59.5 7.2 3:46.3
7. 20 J. TUOHINO 1:41:31.
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19.08.2006
results remain provisional
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:29:21.5 0:00 1:29:21.5 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 1:29:33.9 0:00 1:29:33.9 12.4 12.4
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:30:16.0 0:00 1:30:16.0 42.1 54.5
4. 8 H. SOLBERG 1:31:43.9 0:00 1:31:43.9 1:27.9 2:22.4
5. 2 D. SORDO 1:32:39.0 0:00 1:32:39.0 55.1 3:17.5
6. 25 G. GALLI 1:32:49.7 0:00
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19.08.2006
There was a sense of reduced pressure as the field headed through the 13th stage of the event, Urria, despite the fact the stage contained the biggest jump of the event.
Marcus Gronholm was fastest, 2.4 seconds ahead of Sebastien Loeb. Gronholm admitted to taking no risks, while Loeb said it
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19.08.2006
On the second of the split Ouninpohja stages, both Marcus Gronholm and Sebastien Loeb hit the same rock and suffered damage. However, while Gronholm looked to get away with it, Loeb wasn't so lucky.
Loeb explained that he cut one particular corner a little too much and hit the rock, 5Km from
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19.08.2006
The first of the two most famous stages in rallying, Ouninpohja Lansi, saw business as usual at the front of the field, over the huge jumps which make up the stage.
This is the first part of what used to be a single stage but the average speed was deemed to high, so it was split into two separate tests.
Sebastien Loeb was fastest, just 1.3sec in front of Marcus Gr
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19.08.2006
times remains provisional
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:22:47.2 0:00 1:22:47.2 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 1:23:00.9 0:00 1:23:00.9 13.7 13.7
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:23:39.0 0:00 1:23:39.0 38.1 51.8
4. 5 P. SOLBERG 1:23:45.6 0:00 1:23:45.6 6.6 58.4
5. 8 H. SOLBERG 1:24:54.7 0:00 1:24:54.7 1:09.1 2:07.5
6. 2 D. SORDO 1:25:53.3 0:00 1:25:53.3 58.6 3:
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19.08.2006
The first stage of leg two was a relatively busy affair. Overnight leader Marcus Gronholm was fastest, making no mistakes on the first of the very high speed tests. However, he was more than aware that Sebastien Loeb and Petter Solberg will both be turning the pressure up today.
Loeb was second fastest, 2 secs back, despite an uncharacteristic mistake, stalling his engine
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18.08.2006
to be confirmed
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:12:59.6 0:00 1:12:59.6 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 1:13:11.6 0:00 1:13:11.6 12.0 12.0
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:13:43.1 0:00 1:13:43.1 31.5 43.5
4. 5 P. SOLBERG 1:13:52.5 0:00 1:13:52.5 9.4 52.9
5. 8 H. SOLBERG 1:14:46.8 0:00 1:14:46.8 54
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18.08.2006
FIA World Rally Championship, round 10/16Neste Oil Rally Finland, 17-20 August Friday August 18, leg one report
British rally driver Matthew Wilson completed the first leg of Neste Oil Rally Finland with a strong placing inside the top fifteen of the highly specialis
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18.08.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:11:38.0 0:00 1:11:38.0 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 1:11:49.9 0:00 1:11:49.9 11.9 11.9
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:12:20.2 0:00 1:12:20.2 30.3 42.2
4. 5 P. SOLBERG 1:12:29.3 0:00 1:12:29.3 9.1 51.3
5. 8 H. SOLBERG 1:13:24.4 0:00 1:13:24.4 55.1 1:46.4
6. 6 C. ATKINSON 1:13:52.1 0:00 1:13:52.1 27.7 2:14.1
7. 2 D. SORDO 1:14:22.4 0:0
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18.08.2006
first photos from FINLAND here
The last stage of the first leg of this year's Neste Oil Rally Finland was a second run through the Killeri Superspecial. The excitement built to a head-to-head pairing for pace-setters Marcus
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18.08.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:05:12.6 0:00 1:05:12.6 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 1:05:29.8 0:00 1:05:29.8 17.2 17.2
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:05:42.6 0:00 1:05:42.6 12.8 30.0
4. 5 P. SOLBERG 1:05:53.8 0:00 1:05:53.8 11.2 41.2
5. 8 H. SOLBERG 1:06:55.4 0:00 1:06:55.4 1:01.6 1:42.8
6. 6 C. ATKINSON 1:07:13.5 0:00 1:07:13.5 18.1 2:00.9
7. 2 D. SORDO 1:07:44.3
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18.08.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 47:06.8 0:00 47:06.8 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 47:19.8 0:00 47:19.8 13.0 13.0
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 47:29.4 0:00 47:29.4 9.6 22.6
4. 5 P. SOLBERG 47:39.8 0:00 47:39.8 10.4 33.0
5. 6 C. ATKINSON 48:11.5 0:00 48:11.5 31.7 1:04.7
6. 8 H. SOLBERG 48:28.5 0:00 48:28.5 17.0 1:21.7
7. 15 D. CARLSSON 49:02.5 0:00 49:02.5 34.0 1:55.7
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18.08.2006
The final forest stage of the first leg was a second run through the Mokkipera stage and almost every driver was complaining about the conditions of the ruts developed after the entire field had ran through the wet stages.
Loeb took the fastest time in the latest round of the Marcus and Seb show, 5.3 seconds faster than the Finn. He described the last pair of stages as ve
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18.08.2006
It was Sebastien Loeb's turn to take a stage win on the fifth timed test, repeating his incredible weather prediction skills seen in Germany. He started the stage in the dry and went through over much less water than the first three stages. He took 2.5seconds out of Marcus Gronholm's lead, the Finn feeling he was quick but the time showing otherwise. Loeb leap-frogged both Petter
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18.08.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 47:06.8 0:00 47:06.8 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 47:19.8 0:00 47:19.8 13.0 13.0
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 47:29.4 0:00 47:29.4 9.6 22.6
4. 5 P. SOLBERG 47:39.8 0:00 47:39.8 10.4 33.0
5. 6 C. ATKINSON 48:11.5 0:00 48:11.5 31.7 1:04.7
6. 8 H. SOLBERG 48:28.5 0:00 48:28.5 17.0 1:21.7
7. 15 D. CARLSSON 49:02.5 0:00 49:02.5 34.0 1:55.7
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18.08.2006
Marcus Gronholm re-asserted himself on the seventh stage of the event, taking the win ahead of Sebastien Loeb by just 4.3secs. In a familiar vein, Mikko Hirvonen was third fastest, a further 3.2secs back with Petter Solberg just 0.8sec behind the Finn.
Gig Galli had clearly got back into the groove and was just 0.6sec quicker through the stage than Henning Solberg, both d
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18.08.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 40:54.5 0:00 40:54.5 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 41:08.6 0:00 41:08.6 14.1 14.1
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 41:12.6 0:00 41:12.6 4.0 18.1
4. 5 P. SOLBERG 41:21.9 0:00 41:21.9 9.3 27.4
5. 6 C. ATKINSON 41:48.7 0:00 41:48.7 26.8 54.2
6. 8 H. SOLBERG 42:13.2 0:00 42:13.2 24.5 1:18.7
7. 19 K. SOHLBERG 42:29.5 0:00 42:29.5 16.3 1:35.0
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18.08.2006
Sebastien Loeb took another win on the sixth stage of the event, with a margin of just 1.1 seconds over Marcus Gronholm. Henning Solberg was third-fastest, just 3secs behind the Finn while Mikko Hirvonen was fourth, a further 1.5secs back.
Fifth and sixth went to Subaru drivers Petter Solberg
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18.08.2006
Patrick Sandell has had a tricky event so far in Finland but the fifth stage of the event really caught him out.
He rolled near the start of the Vellipohja stage at a tightening hairpin, blaming a possible bad pace note. Spectators got the car back on its wheels and he continued, only to get caught out again.
He hit a rock a handful on metres before a junction and
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18.08.2006
It was Sebastien Loeb's turn to take a stage win on the fifth timed test, repeating his incredible weather prediction skills seen in Germany. He started the stage in the dry and went through over much less water than the first three stages. He took 2.5seconds out of Marcus Gronholm's lead, the Finn feeling he was quick but the time showing otherwise. Loeb leap-frogged both Petter
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18.08.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 23:00.1 0:00 23:00.1 0.0 0.0
2. 4 M. HIRVONEN 23:11.8 0:00 23:11.8 11.7 11.7
3. 5 P. SOLBERG 23:14.1 0:00 23:14.1 2.3 14.0
4. 1 S. LOEB 23:16.7 0:00 23:16.7 2.6 16.6
5. 6 C. ATKINSON 23:27.2 0:00 23:27.2 10.5 27.1
6. 15 D. CARLSSON 23:56.6 0:00 23:56.6 29.4 56.5
7. 25 G. GALLI 23:56.7 0:00 23:56.7 0.1 56.6
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18.08.2006
Marcus Gronholm took his third stage win on the event's fourth timed test, although with the narrowest of margins, just 0.9sec faster than Sebastien Loeb. Petter Solberg was again third fastest, a further second back, saying that his Impreza is working very well.
Fourth fastest was Mikko Hirvonen, despite a near-off, as he went wide and almost into a ditch and taking thin
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18.08.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 19:02.9 0:00 19:02.9 0.0 0.0
2. 4 M. HIRVONEN 19:11.0 0:00 19:11.0 8.1 8.1
3. 5 P. SOLBERG 19:15.0 0:00 19:15.0 4.0 12.1
4. 1 S. LOEB 19:18.6 0:00 19:18.6 3.6 15.7
5. 6 C. ATKINSON 19:23.7 0:00 19:23.7 5.1 20.8
6. 15 D. CARLSSON 19:49.2 0:00 19:49.2 25.5 46.3
7. 25 G. GALLI 19:50.3 0:00 19:50.3 1.1 47.4
8. 2
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18.08.2006
The third stage of the event saw BP-Ford team-mates Marcus Gronholm and Mikko Hirvonen set almost identical times through the stage, 5m40.8 and 5m40.9 respectively.
Petter Solberg was again third fastest, his Impreza clearly revelling in the conditions while Loeb was almost as close to Solberg as Hirvonen was to Gronholm, just 0.4sec off the Norwegian's pace.
Fift
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18.08.2006
1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 13:22.1 0:00 13:22.1 0.0 0.0
2. 4 M. HIRVONEN 13:30.1 0:00 13:30.1 8.0 8.0
3. 5 P. SOLBERG 13:31.0 0:00 13:31.0 0.9 8.9
4. 1 S. LOEB 13:34.2 0:00 13:34.2 3.2 12.1
5. 6 C. ATKINSON 13:38.1 0:00 13:38.1 3.9 16.0
6. 2 D. SORDO 13:58.8 0:00 13:58.8 20.7 36.7
7. 15 D. CARLSSON 13:59.4 0:00 13:59.4 0.6 37.3
8. 25
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18.08.2006
The second stage of the Neste Oil Rally Finland, the first of the proper forest stages, saw Marcus Gronholm set out his stall, taking an emphatic stage victory.
Overnight rain continued as the front runners started the stage and got worse as the field went through. Every driver described the conditions as slippery and muddy but Gronholm clearly didn't let it affect him, p
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17.08.2006
1. 1 S. LOEB 1:21.4 0:00 1:21.4 0.0 0.0
2. 5 P. SOLBERG 1:21.6 0:00 1:21.6 0.2 0.2
3. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:21.9 0:00 1:21.9 0.3 0.5
4. 15 D. CARLSSON 1:22.4 0:00 1:22.4 0.5 1.0
= 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:22.4 0:00 1:22.4 0.0 1.0
6. 6 C. ATKINSON 1:22.7 0:00 1:22.7 0.3 1.3
= 2 D. SORDO 1:22.7 0:00 1:22.7 0.0 1.3
= 10 K. K
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17.08.2006
The Neste Oil Rally Finland kicked off in its usual fine style this evening, with the first of two runs round the superspecial stage at the Killeri trotting track in Jyvaskyla. An estimate 15,000 fans turned out to watch the action and the field didn't disappoint.
First blood went to Sebastien Loeb, who set the fastest time over the 2Km stage, but only just. Petter Solber
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17.08.2006
There hasn't been much time for technical innovation since Germany! The good news is that everyone and their equipment made the journey from Germany safely and on schedule.
Kronos Total Citroen and BP-Ford both have the same cars as in Germany. OMV Peugeot Norway took the chance to give Manfred Stohl a different car and engine, which was allowed by the regulations because
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17.08.2006
Former Citroen driver Francois Duval is optimistic that he will compete on the Rally of Turkey and Wales Rally GB, the two final European rounds of the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship, at the wheel of the First Motorsport's Fabia WRC.
Following a meeting after Duval's retirement in Germany, First Mot
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16.08.2006
Der von Reifenpartner Kumho unterstützte Fugel-Honda S2000 hat seine „WM-Premiere" erfolgreich absolviert. Zwar war der 250 PS starke Roadster nur als Vorwagen unterwegs, aber trotzdem verlangten die Wertungsprüfungen in den Weinbergen rund um Trier und der Truppenübungsplatz Baumholder dem Fahrzeug einiges ab.
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15.08.2006
Just days before the start of Neste Oil Rally Finland, Swedish driver Daniel Carlsson confirmed that he will start the Finnish round of the FIA World Rally Championship.
At a press conference held at Karlstad, it was announced that plans to run a Lancer World Rally Car on this event will go ahead, thanks to help promised by the Swedish Mitsubishi importers, and support fr
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15.08.2006
50 year-old Frenchman Denis Giraudet, arguably the most experienced FIA World Rally Championship co-driver, has been invited to co-drive for the Japanese driver Takuma Kamada on Rally Japan.
Kamada is the guest driver in the Production car World Rally Championship for the Subaru Team Quasys, and had originally been entered with Hakaru Ichino.
Giraudet has not been
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14.08.2006
Die Rallye Finnland im Überblick Die Rallye Finnland aus Sicht von BFGoodrich Das erwarten die Partnerteams von BFGoodrich So verlief die Rallye Finnland 2005 Statistisches WM-Zwischenstand
BFGoodrich will den Höhenflug i
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14.08.2006
Die Rallye Deutschland im Überblick Fazit: Die Rallye Deutschland aus Sicht von BFGoodrich Statistisches WM-Zwischenstand
BFGoodrich verhilft Sébastien Loeb in Deutschland zum Rekord-Sieg
Der „König von Deutschland" triumphierte ern
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14.08.2006
FIA World Rally Championship, round 10/16
Neste Oil Rally Finland, 18-20 August
Hot on the heels OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team head straight to Finland for the very different challenge of Neste Oil Rally Finland, the tenth round of the FIA World Rally Championship and a return to the gravel surface that l
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13.08.2006
OMV ADAC Rallye (August 10-13, 2006)
• Double victory for Citroën ahead of Ford’s Marcus Grönholm• DTM-star Mattias Ekström finishes eleventh overall• Almost 200,000 spectators visited the region of the rally
The German round of the World Rally Championship, the OMV ADAC RALLYE (August 10-13) saw Frenchman Sébastien Loeb leading all th
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13.08.2006
FIA World Rally Championship, round 9/16OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland, 11-13 August
The Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team completed the ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship with Matthew Wilson bringing his Stobart Focus home just shy of the top ten in the overall
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13.08.2006
OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland, 11. bis 13. August, Schlusstag
Andreas Aigner (A)/ Klaus Wicha (D) beweisen auch am Schlusstag Nerven und belegen sehr guten 6. Platz, damit Fahrer und Marken WM-Punkte für den Red Bull Youngster
Auch Mattias Ekström/ Jonas Andersson (S) können mit sta
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13.08.2006
1. 1 S. LOEB A8 3:28:34.1 0:00 3:28:34.1 0.0 0.02. 2 D. SORDO A8 3:29:07.9 0:00 3:29:07.9 33.8 33.83. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM A8 3:30:53.3 0:00 3:30:53.3 1:45.4 2:19.24. 14 T. GARDEMEISTER A8 3:31:07.9 0:00 3:31:07.9 14.6 2:33.85. 7 M. STOHL A8 3:33:00.0 0:00 3:33:00.0 1:52.1 4:25.96. 12 A. AIGNER A8 3:34:16.7 0:00 3:34:16.7 1:16.7 5:42.67. 17 J. KOPECKY A8 3:34:19.
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13.08.2006
A fantastic weekend for his Kronos Total Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo gave the recently promoted number two driver an excellent second place.
Again rain threatened and there was some during the last two stages, but the front runners didn't let it cause them any problems.
Marcus Gronholm,
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13.08.2006
Two competitors in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship buckled under the pressure of the fierce competition coming into the penultimate stage of the OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland.
Bernd Casier, who had been watching Kris Meeke steal away from him with the rally lead was lucky to come to the end of the stage. Casier said he had a huge moment at high speed and was amazed
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13.08.2006
A re-run of the 19.24km Freisen/Westrich stage where drivers started the third and final leg of the OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland is the venue for SS19, the concluding stage of the event. Rain on the first few kilometers could prove problematic.
But there are no problems for Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo
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13.08.2006
1. 1 S. LOEB 3:16:40.0 0:00 3:16:40.0 0.0 0.0
2. 2 D. SORDO 3:17:14.5 0:00 3:17:14.5 34.5 34.5
3. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 3:19:01.4 0:00 3:19:01.4 1:46.9 2:21.4
4. 14 T. GARDEMEISTER 3:19:17.1 0:00 3:19:17.1 15.7 2:37.1
5. 4 M. HIRVONEN 3:20:07.9 0:00 3:20:07.9 50.8 3:27.9
6. 7 M. STOHL 3:20:53.4 0:00 3:20:53.4 45.5 4:13.4
7. 12 A. AIGNER 3:2
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13.08.2006
Matthew Wilson's Stobart VK M-Sport Ford has struggled with lower-end power for all of today and is now on its last legs. While Wilson completed the final stage of the OMV ADAV Rallye Deutschland he reported that his car had to run in road-mode for some of the final stage and he isn't sure if the car will make it back to the final time control and finish in the town of Trier, som
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13.08.2006
St Wendeler Land is the 16.37km eighteenth stage of the OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland. The rain has started to fall. Things could get interesting.
Manfred Stohl misses a corner, confirming that the rain his having some effect, but he carries on to finish the stage. And his tenth place in the stage
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13.08.2006
1. 1 S. LOEB 3:07:27.7 0:00 3:07:27.7 0.0 0.0
2. 2 D. SORDO 3:08:02.8 0:00 3:08:02.8 35.1 35.1
3. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 3:09:51.1 0:00 3:09:51.1 1:48.3 2:23.4
4. 14 T. GARDEMEISTER 3:10:08.5 0:00 3:10:08.5 17.4 2:40.8
5. 4 M. HIRVONEN 3:10:40.3 0:00 3:10:40.3 31.8 3:12.6
6. 7 M. STOHL 3:11:14.9 0:00 3:11:14.9 34.6 3:47.2
7. 12 A. AIGNER 3:1
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13.08.2006
The seventeenth stage of the OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland is the 13.68km Birkenfelder Land. Mud on the tarmac in places makes for occasionally challenging conditions, especially as the majority of runners are on dry tyres.
Dani Sordo is fastest with a time of 7:52.3 and holds second overall. Kronos Total Citroen team-mate and rally leader finishes the stage one second behi
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13.08.2006
1. 1 S. LOEB 2:59:34.4 0:00 2:59:34.4 0.0 0.0
2. 2 D. SORDO 3:00:10.5 0:00 3:00:10.5 36.1 36.1
3. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 3:01:55.4 0:00 3:01:55.4 1:44.9 2:21.0
4. 14 T. GARDEMEISTER 3:02:13.7 0:00 3:02:13.7 18.3 2:39.3
5. 4 M. HIRVONEN 3:02:43.0 0:00 3:02:43.0 29.3 3:08.6
6. 7 M. STOHL 3:03:18.0 0:00 3:03:18.0 35.0 3:43.6
7. 12 A. AIGNER 3:0
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