The second day of Rallye Monte-Carlo has passed. Sebastien Ogier leads the rally once again at the end of the day.
SS9, LE FUGERET – THORAME-HAUTE 1
Stage nine would see Kalle Rovanperä take his second stage win of the event. Rovanperä would beat Elfyn Evans by 0.6 seconds to win the stage. Sebastien Ogier would place third on the stage, 1.9 seconds behind Evans. Thierry Neuville would place fourth on the stage, 0.2 seconds behind Ogier. Ott Tänak would round out the top five, finishing the stage 3.1 seconds behind Neuville.
SS10, MALIJAI – PUIMICHEL 1
Stage 10 would see Sebastien Ogier win yet another stage, beating Elfyn Evans by 0.4 seconds. Kalle Rovanperä would place third on the stage, finishing 0.7 seconds behind Evans. Thierry Neuville would finish fourth on the stage, 2.5 seconds behind Rovanperä. Esapekka Lappi would round out the top five, finishing the stage 3.7 seconds behind Neuville.
SS11, UBRAYE – ENTREVAUX 1
Stage 11 would see Kalle Rovanperä take the win, beating Sebastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans by 4.6 seconds. Thierry Neuville would finish fourth on the stage, 0.7 seconds behind Ogier and Evans. Ott Tänak would round out the top five, finishing the stage 4.4 seconds behind Neuville.
SS12, LE FUGERET – THORAME-HAUTE 2
Stage 12 would finally see a non-Toyota driver win the stage. As Thierry Neuville would win the stage, beating Elfyn Evans by 1.1 seconds. Kalle Rovanperä would place third on the stage, 1.8 seconds behind Evans. Sebastien Ogier would place fourth on the stage, 0.5 seconds behind Rovanperä. Takamoto Katsuta would round out the top five, finishing the stage 2.4 seconds behind Ogier.
SS13, MALIJAI – PUIMICHEL 2
Stage 13 would see Thierry Neuville win his second stage of the event, beating Kalle Rovanperä by 0.2 seconds. Elfyn Evans would finish third on the stage, 2.8 seconds behind Rovanperä. Sebastien Ogier finished the stage fourth, 0.9 seconds behind Evans. Esapekka Lappi would round out the top five, finishing the stage 2.7 seconds behind Ogier.
SS14, UBRAYE – ENTREVAUX 2
Stage 14 would see Kalle Rovanperä take the stage win, beating Thierry Neuville by 6.7 seconds. Elfyn Evans would place third on the stage, finishing two seconds behind Neuville. Sebastien Ogier would place fourth, finishing the stage 1.1 seconds behind Evans. Takamoto Katsuta would round out the top five, finishing the stage 9.9 seconds behind Ogier.
Loubet Retires
Pierre-Louis Loubet was the first driver to retire from an event this season. Loubet would retire at the end of SS9. This would come after Loubet would hit a bit of ice and slide into a guardrail which would inevitably destroy his rear end. Loubet’s retirement comes after he drove nearly 60 kilometres without power steering on day two of Rallye Monte-Carlo.
No Power Steering For Tänak
Unfortunately for M-Sport, Loubet wasn’t the only one to have misfortune on day three of Rallye Monte-Carlo. As Ott Tänak would lose power steering on SS10. Luckily for Tänak, he was able to get the issue mostly resolved during transit to SS11.
Top 10 After Day Three
- S. Ogier 2:27:11.5
- K. Rovanperä 2:27:27.5 (+16)
- T. Neuville 2:27:43.5 (+32)
- E. Evans 2:28:08.0 (+56.5)
- O. Tänak 2:28:48.8 (+1:37.3)
- T. Katsuta 2:29:27.2 (+2:15.7)
- D. Sordo 2:30:20.3 (+3:08.8)
- E. Lappi 2:30:22.9 (+3:11.4)
- N. Gryazin 2:35:17.6 (+8:06.1)
- Y. Rossel 2:35:32.8 (+8:21.3)
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