Day two of Rally Italia Sardegna has come to an end. Esapekka Lappi maintained his lead, now leading Sebastien Ogier by 0.1 seconds.
SS2, TANTARILES 20RIS 1
Sebastien Ogier finished with the fastest time on the stage. Ogier was 1.7 seconds faster than Esapekka Lappi who set the second fastest time on the stage. Pierre-Louis Loubet would set the third fastest time on the stage, finishing with a time 3 seconds slower than Lappi’s time. Takamoto Katsuta finished with the fourth fastest time on the stage, 1.6 seconds slower than Loubet’s time. Thierry Neuville rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing with a time 0.9 seconds slower than Katsuta’s time.
SS3, TERRANOVA 1
Stage three of Rally Italia Sardegna saw Takamoto Katsuta take the stage win, setting a time 1.1 seconds faster than Dani Sordo who placed second on the stage. Thierry Neuville was the third fastest time on the stage, setting a time 0.3 seconds slower than Sordo’s time. Pierre-Louis Loubet set the fourth fastest time on the stage, finishing with a time 1.1 seconds slower than Neuville’s time. Esapekka Lappi would round out the top five on the stage, finishing with a time 0.2 seconds slower than Loubet’s time.
SS4, MONTE LERNO – SA CONCHEDDA 1
Stage four would see Sebastien Ogier take the stage win. Ogier would set a time 12.7 seconds faster than Eflyn Evans who would set the second-fastest time on the stage. Esapekka Lappi would set the third fastest time on the stage, finishing with a time 4 seconds slower than Evans time. Pierre-Louis Loubet would set the fourth fastest time on the stage, setting a time 0.8 seconds slower than Lappi’s time. Thierry Neuville would round out the top five on the stage, finishing with a time 8.4 seconds slower than Loubet’s time.
SS5, TANTARILES 20RIS 2
Stage five of Rally Italia Sardegna would see Esapekka Lappi take the stage win. Lappi would set a time 6.4 seconds faster than Pierre-Louis Loubet who placed second on the stage. Thierry Neuville would set the third fastest time on the stage, finishing with a time 0.3 seconds slower than Loubet. Sebastien Ogier would set the fourth fastest time on the stage, finishing with a time 0.9 seconds slower than Neuville. Elfyn Evans would round out the top five on the stage, finishing with a time 1.3 seconds slower than Ogier.
SS6, TERRANOVA 2
Thierry Neuville took the stage win. Neuville set a time 2.6 seconds faster than Esapekka Lappi who set the second-fastest time on the stage. Takamoto Katsuta ran the third fastest time on the stage, finishing with a time 0.9 seconds slower than Lappi. Ott Tänak set the fourth fastest time on the stage, finishing with a time 0.9 seconds slower than Katsuta. Sebastien Ogier rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing with a time 0.2 seconds slower than Tänak.
SS7, MONTE LERNO – SA CONCHEDDA 2
Kalle Rovanperä took the stage win. Rovanperä set a time 2.1 seconds faster than Esapekka Lappi who set the second fastest time on the stage. Thierry Neuville set the third fastest time on the stage, finishing with a time 0.6 seconds slower than Lappi. Sebastien Ogier set the fourth fastest time on the stage, setting a time 6.2 seconds slower than Neuville. Dani Sordo completed the top five on the stage, finishing with a time 13.5 seconds slower than Ogier.
Stages 8-15 will take place on Saturday. Lappi currently holds an overall 0.1s lead over Ogier so it could be anyone’s day.
Rally Italia Sardegna Day One Recap
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