Rally Italy 2015

 Rally Italy 2015

Racing data
6th of 13 rounds of the 2015 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Italy Sardinia
Date:	11-14 June 2015
Begin:	Olbia
Exams:	23 tests over 394.63 km
Distance:	1,553.11 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 WRC
Third:	Thierry Neuville Hyundai i20 WRC

The 12th Rally Sardinia , also called Rally Italy Sardinia, started on June 11th and ended on June 14th 2015. A total of 23 special stages were driven on gravel.

Reports

Day 1 (Thursday, June 11th)

The privateer Martin Prokop (Ford) started the first special stage with two soft tires, which, in addition to a faultless drive, brought him the win. Dani Sordo finished second in the Hyundai, but he was given a ten-second time penalty for a jump start. As a result, Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) moved up to second place. Sébastien Ogier joined team mate Jari-Matti Latvala in sixth and Kris Meeke (Citroën) came eighth. The best 18 drivers ranked themselves within 10 seconds of the first 2.5 kilometers. On Friday the drivers have to start the second special stage with the same tires that they used for the first special stage.

2nd day (Friday, June 12th)

Between Volkswagen , Hyundai and Ford , a gripping battle for the top five places in the overall class developed in dusty conditions on the narrow streets. The dry and hot weather conditions that prevailed on Thursday changed to muggy weather on Friday after nightly thunderstorms. Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) won special stages two to four and gained a lead of over 25 seconds over Jari-Matti Latvala and Sébastien Ogier . Paddon's teammates Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville took fourth and fifth place . In the tenth special stage, Sordo lost the left rear wheel, which cost a lot of time, but he still crossed the finish line. In the tenth special stage, Neuville lost time due to a problem with the turbo. Latvala also lost time after a puncture. Ogier got faster and faster in the course of the day and came within 8.8 seconds of Paddon by evening. Latvala and the first Ford driver Ott Tänak followed .

The most difficult day awaited the drivers and co-drivers on Saturday, with 212.83 special stages the longest in the world championship to date.

3rd day (Saturday, June 13th)

Hayden Paddon had to surrender the lead to Sébastien Ogier after transmission problems, but second place was still possible for the New Zealander.

Paddon's lead over third Mads Østberg (Citroën) is 72 seconds, which he has to defend over a total of 46 kilometers on Sunday. Østberg benefited from the bad luck of his colleagues and on an inconspicuous day moved up to third place before he lost time on the last special stage due to a creeping puncture.

Thierry Neuville is in fourth place after Saturday with a larger lead over Elfyn Evans (Ford) of 5: 15.5 minutes. In sixth place was Jari-Matti Latvala , who was plagued by numerous problems. Already in SS13 he was able to write off a podium after a tire damage, on SS17 he suffered a damper damage and in SS19 there was also a suspension problem. Ott Tänak (Ford) was on the podium for a long time, but due to a gearbox damage in SS17, he couldn't get any further and third place was gone. Martin Prokop , who had two punctures and a problem with the oil pressure at the same time, got hit on SS13 .

Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) retired with a broken suspension, shortly afterwards Hyundai also took Dani Sordo out of the rally with a technical defect. In the end, Robert Kubica (Ford) also had to give up with transmission problems because he could only use gears five and six. In addition, Kubica had a few punctures.

4th day (Sunday, June 14th)

Hayden Paddon and John Kennard (Hyundai i20 WRC)

World champion Sébastien Ogier managed his lead on the last day of the rally and secured his fourth win of the season in the World Rally Championship . He took more than three minutes from his pursuer Hayden Paddon , who risked nothing on the final day. Paddon achieved the best WRC result with second place and his first podium. So far, fifth in Sweden was his best result this year.

Thierry Neuville took third place and took the second podium this season. He was already over 1:17 minutes behind Paddon.

M-Sport driver Elfyn Evans finished fourth with a safe drive. Evans was only 72 seconds short of third place at the finish. Behind them, Mads Østberg came in fifth. On the first special stage of the day he damaged his car and fell back from third place. In the end he saved at least 16.6 seconds on Jari-Matti Latvala , who was thrown back on Saturday by numerous problems.

"This is a fantastic result, I'm very relieved, I couldn't have wished for a better result."

- Hayden Paddon : motorsport-total.com

WRC2

A tire damage on the first special stage on Sunday cost Yuriy Protasov ( Ford Fiesta RRC ) the lead and the multiple Italian champion Paolo Andreucci ( Peugeot 208 VTi) took the lead with a 6.7 second lead. But Andreucci damaged the radiator on his car on the same special stage and Protasov took the lead back on the next special stage. There was only half a second between the two competitors before the last special stage, on which Protasov won the rally.

Jan Kopecký , driving the new Škoda Fabia R5 , took third place with a solid performance. Because of the many failures in the WRC , the WRC2 drivers were able to get world championship points for the ranks seven, eight and nine in the overall class, even in the top rally class.

Registration list

Vehicles not registered as WRC, WRC-2 and WRC-3 were not included in this list.

No driver Co-driver team automobile class 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 2 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 3 Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 4th Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 5 Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 6th Ott Tanak Raigo Mölder M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 7th Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 8th Dani Sordo Marc Marti Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 9 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Floene Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 12 Khalid Al Qassimi Chris Patterson Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 14th Robert Kubica Maciej Szczepaniak RK World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 20th Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 21st Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Jipocar ​​Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 31 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 32 Stéphane Lefebvre Stéphane Prévot PH Sports Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 33 Massimiliano Rendina Mario Pizzuti Motorsport Italia Srl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X WRC-2 RC2 34 Quentin Giordano Valentin Sarreaud Quentin Giordano Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 36 Karl Kruuda Martin Järveoja ME3 rally team Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 37 Lorenzo Bertelli Giovanni Bernacchini FWRT srl Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 38 Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin Yuriy Protasov Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 39 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Marshall Clarke Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 40 Valeriy Gorban Volodymyr Corsia Eurolamp WRT Mini Cooper S2000 1.6T WRC-2 RC2 41 Nicolas Fuchs Fernando Mussano Nicolas Fuchs Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 42 Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 43 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 44 Armin Kremer Pirmin Winkelhofer Baumschlager Rally & Racing Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 45 Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 47 Julien Maurin Nicolas Klingler Julien Maurin Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 48 Paolo Andreucci Anna Andreussi FPF Sport Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 49 Not Grøndal Roger Eilertsen Not Grøndal Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 50 Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas Oreca Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 52 Simone Tempestini Matteio Chiarcossi Napoca Rally Academy Subaru Impreza STi N14 WRC-2 RC2 69 Andrea Crugnola Michele Ferrara Renault Sport Technologies Renault Clio RS R3T WRC-3 RC3 70 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Team Oreca Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 71 Fabioi Andolfi Simone Scattolin ACI Team Italy Peugeot 208 VTi R2 WRC-3 RC4 72 Giuseppe Testa Emanuele Inglesi ACI Team Italia Peugeot 208 VTI WRC-3 RC4 73 Bernardo Sousa Hugo Magalhães ACSM rally team Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 74 Ramon Torres Fuentes David Vázquez RMC Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 75 Ketite cronin Stuart Loudon Ketite cronin Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 76 Geronimo Padilla Edgardo Galindo Geronimo Padilla Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 77 Scott Pedder Dale Moscatt Scott Pedder Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 78 Eamonn Boland Michael Joseph Morrissey Eamonn Boland Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4 D WRC-2 RC2 79 Gianluca Linari Nicola Arena Gianluca Linari Subaru Impreza STi N15 WRC-2 RC2 80 Joan Carchat Claudi Ribeiro ACSM Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X WRC-2 RC2 81 Enrico Brazzoli Maurizio Barone Enrico Brazzoli Subaru Impreza STi WRC-2 RC2 Source:

Icon class WRC WRC works teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points WRC Factory teams and private teams registered for non-manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered for WRC-2 WRC-3 Registered for WRC-3 (JWRC)

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4: 25: 54.3		25 + 3
02	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	4: 28: 59.7	03: 05.4	18th
03	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	4:30: 16.8	04: 22.5	15th
04th	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 31: 29.1	05: 34.8	10
05	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 33: 44.4	07: 50.1	10
06th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4: 34: 01.0	08: 06.7	8 + 2
07th	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RRC	4: 40: 52.0	14: 57.7	6th
08th	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Peugeot 208 T16	4: 40: 57.6	15: 03.3	4th
09	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia R5	4: 43: 36.0	17: 41.7	2
10	Khalid Al Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 45: 06.3	19: 12.0	1
WRC2
01 0(7)	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RRC	4: 40: 52.0	14: 57.7	25th
02 0(8)	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Peugeot 208 T16	4: 40: 57.6	15: 03.3	18th
03 0(9)	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia R5	4: 43: 36.0	17: 41.7	15th
04 (11)	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Marshall Clark	Ford Fiesta RRC	4: 47: 26.7	21: 32.4	12
05 (17)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Matthieu Baumel	Ford Fiesta RRC	4: 47: 34.6	21: 40.3	10
06 (13)	Armin Kremer	Pirmin Winkelhofer	Škoda Fabia R5	4: 47: 59.7	22: 05.4	8th
07 (15)	Nicolas Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R5	4: 54: 10.8	28: 16.5	6th
08 (16)	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	Ford Fiesta R5	5: 04: 01.1	38: 06.8	4th
09 (19)	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Fabia R5	5: 07: 22.3	41: 28.0	2
10 (18)	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Corsia	Mini Cooper S2000 1.6T	5: 17: 04.5	51: 10.2	1
WRC3
01 (34)	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	5: 54: 13.8	1: 28: 19.5	25th
02 (37)	Andrea Crugnola	Michele Ferrara	Renault Clio RS R3T	6: 09: 28.0	1: 43: 33.7	18th
03 (38)	Fabio Andolfi	Simone Scattolin	Peugeot 208 VTi R2	6: 14: 44.9	1: 48: 50.6	15th
04 (41)	Giuseppe Testa	Emanuele Inglesi	Peugeot 208 VTI	7: 18: 14.8	2: 52: 20.5	12

Source:

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	Start CEST	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 June 11th	WP1	Città di Cagliari (SSS)	2.50 km	7:30 p.m.	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 23.7	62.6 km / h	Martin Prokop
Day 2 June 12th
	WP2	Grighine Sud 1	26.31 km	08:20	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	18: 15.0	86.5 km / h	Haydon Paddon
	WP3	Grighine North 1	18.34 km	09:12	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	13: 48.1	79.7 km / h
	WP4	Montiferru 1	14.41 km	10:28	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	9: 47.4	88.3 km / h
	WP5	Sagama 1	2.58 km	11:21	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 09.6	71.7 km / h
	Service Park 1:01 p.m. (30 min)
	WP6	Sagma 2	2.58 km	14:48	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 07.0	73.1 km / h
	WP7	Sinis - Mont 'e Prama 2	14.08 km	16:01	Ott Tanak	Ragio Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	7: 48.7	108.1 km / h
	WP8	Grighine Sud 2	22.45 km	17:33	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	15: 20.9	87.8 km / h
	WP9	Grighine North 2	18.34 km	18:26	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	13: 29.7	81.5 km / h
	WP10	Montiferru 2	14.41 km	19:42	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 28.9	91.2 km / h
	Service Park 9:35 p.m. (48 min)
Day 3 June 13th
	Service Park 6:00 a.m. (18 min)
	WP11	Ittiri Arena 1	1.40 km	06:57	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1: 28.8	56.8 km / h
	WP12	Monti di Alà 1	22.49 km	8:47	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	13: 51.2	97.4 km / h
	WP13	Coiluna Loelle 1	36.69 km	9:31	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	24: 04.1	91.5 km / h
	WP14	Monte Lerno 1	42.22 km	10:39	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	28: 37.4	88.5 km / h
	WP15	Ozieri - Ardara 1	7.23 km	12:09	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4: 00.9	108.0 km / h
	Service Park 1:53 p.m. (30 min)
	WP16	Ittiri Arena 2	1.40 km	15:02	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	1: 30.0	56.0 km / h
	WP17	Monti di Alà 2	22.49 km	16:56	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	13: 38.9	98.9 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP18	Coiluna Loelle 2	36.69 km	17:39	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	23: 51.7	92.3 km / h
	WP19	Monte Lerno 2	42.22 km	18:54	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	28: 01.5	90.4 km / h
	Service Park 9:40 p.m. (18 min)
Day 4 June 14th
	Service Park 07:30 a.m. (18 min)
	WP20	Olmedo - Monte Baranta 1	11.13 km	08:16	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	8: 10.7	81.7 km / h
	WP21	Cala Flumini 1	11.77 km	09:19	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 36.3	92.9 km / h
	WP22	Olmedo - Monte Baranta 2	11.13 km	10:32	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 56.3	84.1 km / h
	WP23	Cala Flumini 2	11.77 km	12:08	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 15.9	97.2 km / h
	Service Park 1:20 p.m. (10 min)

* During the specified times, you can work on the cars in the Service Park.
Source:

Driver ranking after the rally

The scoring system for the first ten drivers is 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. For the power stage, the three fastest drivers each receive 3-2-1 bonus points for the drivers' world championship.

Item	driver	Points
01	Sébastien Ogier	133
02	Mads Østberg	67
03	Andreas Mikkelsen	64
04th	Jari-Matti Latvala	56
05	Elfyn Evans	53
06th	Thierry Neuville	50
07th	Kris Meeke	47
08th	Dani Sordo	38
09	Hayden Paddon	32
10	Martin Prokop	27

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Martin Prokop duped the world's elite , accessed on June 22, 2015
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: The tour within reach: Volkswagen on two and three , accessed on June 22, 2015
3. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Ogier vor Sieg, Drama about Paddon , accessed on June 22, 2015
4. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Sebastien Ogier is King of Sardinia , June 23, 2015
5. ↑ wrc.com: Protasov wins WRC-2 thriller , June 23, 2015
6. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on May 31, 2015
7. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Final results , accessed on June 22, 2015
8. ↑ ewrc-results.com: 12th Rally Italia Sardegna 2015 , accessed on May 30, 2015

Web links

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/