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Business as usual in the end… sweeping the gravel on Friday, and only ninth after the opening stage that day, but Sébastien Ogier, World Champion and Championship leader wins 2914 Rally Italia Sardegna
 They finished: Ogier, Østberg, Latvala, Mikkelsen, Evans, Prokop, Solberg, Kubica, Bertelli, Al-QassimiI.t’s Ogier’s 20th WRC win, taking his level with the French World Champion of 20 years ago, Didier Auriol… and it’s Volkswagen’s 10th WRC win in a row… Ogier wins, climbs on top of his Polo R WRC – crowds at the Finish cheering him and co-driver Julien Ingrassia:”Great, great feeling, I had to push hard to be honest, opening the road on Friday was very difficult…good for the Championship, we have to carry on like that…Jari is very strong at the moment” Østberg is second: “It’s been a very good weekend…fantastic to be at the end with a second place…very pleased with this…strong result from such a difficult rally…we have done many good things over the weekend and many thanks to the team” Latvala takes third overall 5:40.796: “On Saturday we had 2 issues, problems with one of the sensors… then I hit a rock and damaged the wheel.”Mikkelsen fourth 5:39.724: “Was OK, not perfect, I made a couple of small mistakes…a great rally to start with me and Ola… this can only get better throughout the season” Evans fifth 5:53.077: “We come here this year feeling completely at home with the car…we’re happy with the progress we’ve made, solid finish. We will get faster later on in the year.”Prokop is sixth 5:54.154: “OK, just going to the finish for the points…really happy with the improvement…next race is very different, much much faster” Solberg seventh: “OK, I’m happy, I try my best…I’m happy. I made it to the end…[Poland?] Just need some sponsors and I’ll be there”Kubica eighth: “Mixed rally for us, but I think 90% of it is positive…the best thing is the pleasure I got by driving a rally car on gravel. Took a long time, got a lot to learn, but going forward.” Bertelli first to complete the Power Stage and wins WRC2 – Italian driver on an Italian island. He kisses the bonnet of his Fiesta RRC: “Couldn’t be better, fantastic…showing our pace yesterday…first place here is amazing”. He leads the WRC2 Driver table. Al-Qassimi 6:16.069, finishes tenth: “I spun in one of the corners and hit the wall…I had to reverse…I was just lucky…it was very close in the last 2ks… we put the car back and continued” Paddon 5:54.601: “It’s been a very challenging weekend…to come here for the first time was definitely quite hard. Still good fun…We didn’t have a set up coming here. At the end I am driving a Hyundai World Rally Car, I can’t be too disappointed” Neuville 5:46.143: “Much better than this morning…still some road cleaning…I do my best…of course the guys behind will be quicker…still a lot to learn…we have to work on that…” Meeke 5:50.917: “Still quite slippery, you can use the rough to help you round the corners…difficult rally for me after we had the alternator on Friday…not the result I wanted…a little bit difficult. Top fifteen provisional
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S. OGIER
M. OSTBERG
J. LATVALA
E. EVANS
M. PROKOP
R. KUBICA
L. BERTELLI
K. AL QASSIMI
H. PADDON
B. SOUSA
Y. PROTASOV
K. KRUUDA