Cyprus Rally 2009 Shakedown Results: Sordo fastest in newly liveried Citroen C4 WRC

Dani Sordo set the fastest shakedown time today in his newly liveried Citroen C4 WRC and was 0.3s faster than the Xsara of Petter Solberg.

Sordo stated:

In general everything is okay. If it rains tomorrow it will be more slippery but it will affect everyone.

Seb Ogier was third with Loeb fourth in their C4's as Latvala set fifth fastest in his Focus on the 4.49km asphalt test.

Petter Solberg commented after setting second fastest:

The car felt so good this morning. We have found the perfect set up for the new dampers and I really enjoyed being out there.

Cyprus Rally shakedown times

1. Dani Sordo (Citroën C4 WRC) 3:33,0 min
2. Peter Solberg (Citroën Xsara WRC) 3:03,3 min
3. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën C4 WRC) 3:34,0 min
4. Sébastien Loeb (Citroën C4 WRC) 3:34,5 min
5. Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford Focus WRC) 3:34,7 min
6. Evgeny Novikov (Citroën C4 WRC) 3:35,1 min
7. Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Focus WRC) 3:35,3 min
8. Conrad Rautenbach (Citroën C4 WRC) 3:35,8 min
9. Henning Solberg (Ford Focus WRC) 3:37,3 min
10. Matthew Wilson (Ford Focus WRC) 3:37.3 min

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