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Rally d'Italia: SS11 - Latvala storms on.

Sat 17 May, 04:23 PM


Jari-Matti Latvala quickest again and closes to within 2.8 seconds of P2 overall.

SS11 - Monte Lerno 2 (29.31 km): Latvala fastest through SS11; Hirvonen second; Galli third; Loeb fourth; Sordo fifth; Atkinson fifth; Gardemeister damaged the rear suspension - and lost over 25 minutes; Prokop re-takes lead in the JWRC category; Loeb leads the event overall by 30.1 seconds.

Stage times and overall standings after SS11.

Top ten stage times for SS11:

1. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 19mins 19.9secs M

2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 04.3secs M

3. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 10.5secs MT

4. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 12.4secs M

5. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 25.8secs M

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 27.5secs M

7. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +00mins 31.3secs A8

8. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 37.8secs M

= Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC +00mins 37.8secs A8

10. Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 46.8secs MT

Overall times after SS11:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 2hours 46mins 52.4secs M

2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 30.1secs M

3. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 32.9secs M

4. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 13.7secs MT

5. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +01mins 14.0secs M

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +02mins 25.9secs M

7. Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +04mins 10.1secs MT

8. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +04mins 12.6secs A8

9. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +05mins 22.3secs M

10. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +07mins 05.9secs MT

11. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +07mins 15.1secs M

12. Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC +07mins 33.7secs A8

13. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +07mins 37.2secs MT

14. Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +07mins 37.6secs A8

15. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +16mins 56.4secs J

16. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 +17mins 04.1secs J

17. Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3 +19mins 14.4secs J

18. Moreno Cenedese Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +21mins 13.7secs N4

19. Frederic Sauvan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +23mins 04.4secs N4

20. Shaun Gallagher Citroen C2 S1600 +23mins 04.9secs J

Overall JWRC after SS11:

1. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 3hours 03mins 48.8secs J

2. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 +00mins 07.7secs J

3. Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3 +02mins 18.0secs J

Notable retirements:

SS2. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport-Ford Focus RS WRC Rolled. A8

SS2. Peter van Merksteyn Ford Focus RS WRC Rolled. A8

SS4. Khalid Al-Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 Lost a wheel. A8*

* denotes elected/able to re-start under SupeRally format.

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.

MT - denotes Manufacturer Team entry.

J - denotes Junior WRC entry.

all times unofficial