Acropolis Rally Results SS15 – Video of Solberg / Sordo drama SS9

15474 Acropolis Rally Results SS15 Video of Solberg / Sordo drama SS9

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Mikko Hirvonen remains firmly on course to record Ford's 70th WRC victory with only one stage of the Acropolis Rally left due to SS16 being cancelled because of too many spectators.

Sebastien Ogier is still second in his Citroen, 1.24m behind Hirvonen, though he suffered a scare on SS14 when he hit a cow:

There were three cows about two kilometres from the start and we hit one of them. I’m not sure how bad the damage to the car is. We’ll see.

Jari-Matti Latvala is consolidating his third position for Ford as he isn't trying to catch Ogier. Fourth placed driver overnight and star of yesterday, Evgeny Novikov, suffered centre-diff problems on SS13, dropping to 11th in the standings.

Novikov explains his centre-diff woes:

After we had the problem I tried to lock the diff but the feeling of the car and the power is very bad.

The big battle for the last stage will be between Munchi's Federico Villagra and Citroen jnr Conrad Rautenbach for fourth place with less than a second separating them.

Dani Sordo and Henning Solberg rock drama on SS9 video - Henning gets angry!

Results after SS15

1. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 3hrs 46mins 53.3secs M
2. Sebastien Ogier Citroen Junior Team C4 WRC +01mins 24.5secs A8
3. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC +02mins 20.0secs M
4. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus RS WRC +04mins 02.7secs A8
5. Conrad Rautenbach Citroen Junior Team C4 WRC +04mins 03.6secs MT
6. Khalid Al-Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC +06mins 48.2secs A8
7. Lambros Athanassoulas Skoda Fabia S2000 +12mins 14.1secs P
8. Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza N14 +12mins 23.7secs P
9. Mads Ostberg Adapta Subaru Impreza WRC2008 +12mins 44.2secs A8
10. Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +13mins 20.9secs P