the Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyunday i20) led the first day of the Croatian Rally with a five-second advantage over the British Elfyn Evans (Toyota GR Yaris), while his teammate, the French Sebastien Ogiersuffered a puncture that cost him the race and ended the first day 1:23 behind first place.
Neville, with a car decorated in memory of Craig Breenhis friend and family member of the WRC who tragically lost his life last week, led Evans and the Estonian Ott Tanak (Ford Puma), winner of the Swedish Rally, which became the two best to handle the speed of the Belgian.
The day began with the wisdom of Sebastien Ogier but in the second stage he suffered a puncture which relegated him in the standings at the expense of Neuville, who led until the end of the day despite being stalked by Elfyn Evans.
Luck was not on Ogier’s side, who, after that first puncture, recovered, tried to come back and ended the day with four victories in eight rounds, although again at the end he suffered another puncture that put him in him in the fifth with his colleagues. driver, his compatriot Vincent Landais.
Classification
1 st. Neuville-Wydaeghe (BEL/Hyundai) 1h16:02.4
2nd. Evans-Martin (GBR/Toyota) in 5.7
3rd. Tanak-Jarveoja (EST/Ford) at 30.0
4th. Lappi-Ferm (FIN/Hyundai) at 33.4
5th. Ogier-Landais (FRA/Toyota) in 1:23.7
6th. Katsuta-Johnston (JAP/Toyota) in 1:52.1
8th. K. Rovanpera-Halttunen (FIN/Toyota) in 2:40.3
12th O.Solberg-Edmondson (SUE/Skoda) in 4:04.4
STAGE WINNERS
4 Ogiers: SS1, SS3, SS4, SS5
1 Neuville: SS2
1 Lappi: SS6
1 Tanak: SS7
1 Evans: SS8
Source: La Verdad
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