Kris Meeke and Juho Hanninen have both retired from this year's Monte Carlo Rally as Sebastien Ogier extends his lead.

Kris Meeke crashed quite heavily by all accounts http://blog.krismeeke.com/2009/01/kris-hanninen-out-on-ss10/ after a stunning display in the Peugeot UK 207 on his first outing in an S2000 car and debut in the IRC. He had set a fastest stage time on SS3, was as high as second overall on the event at one stage and was only 59s off the lead before SS10.

Juho Hanninen apparently went off on the first corner of the stage after he too was having a fantastic debut in the diminutive Fabia. He had dominated the event until he had a puncture on SS9 yesterday, but was very much still in contention before his off.

Sebastien Ogier is currently having a dream rally after only being selected last week by the BFGoodrich Drivers Team to contest the event. He now leads the rally by nearly 2 mins from Toni Gardemeister who has been promoted from fifth place after the drivers ahead of him suffered their problems. Freddy Loix drops to third after a costly puncture while Stephane Sarrazin and Jan Kopecky are now fourth and fifth respectively.

The rally concludes tonight with four stages in the dark including two runs over the world renowned Col de Turini.

Results of SS10:

1. OGIER/INGRASSIA (Peugeot 207 S2000) 28:00,4 min
2. GARDEMEISTER/TUOMINEN (Abarth Grande Punto S2000) + 9,8
3. SARRAZIN/RENUCCI (Peugeot 207 S2000) + 17,0
4. KOPECKÝ/STARÝ (Škoda Fabia S2000) + 23,9
5. ROMEYER/FOURNEL (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) + 1:54,9
6. BASSO/DOTTA (Abarth Grande Punto S2000) + 1:56,9
7. ALEN/ALANNE (Abarth Grande Punto S2000) + 1:58,7
8. LOIX/SMETS (Peugeot 207 S2000) + 2:17,2
9. POUTOT/VIRAGH (Citroën C2 R2) + 2:34,9
10. MAURIN/THIMONIER (Abarth Grande Punto S2000) + 2:37,9

Rallye Monte Carlo 2009 Overall Standings after SS10:

1. OGIER/INGRASSIA (Peugeot 207 S2000) 3:03:10,2 hod
2. GARDEMEISTER/TUOMINEN (Abarth Grande Punto S2000) + 1:50,5 min
3. LOIX/SMETS (Peugeot 207 S2000) + 2:49,6 min
4. SARRAZIN/RENUCCI (Peugeot 207 S2000) + 3:59,6 min
5. KOPECKÝ/STARÝ (Škoda Fabia S2000) + 4:34,5 min
6. BASSO/DOTTA (Abarth Grande Punto S2000) + 6:14,7 min
7. ALEN/ALANNE (Abarth Grande Punto S2000) + 10:11,5 min
8. MAURIN/THIMONIER (Abarth Grande Punto S2000) + 13:13,1 min
9. WITTMANN/ETTEL (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) + 13:28,7 min
10. BURRI/GORDON (Abarth Grande Punto S2000) + 13:33,8 min

 Day 2 highlights: bottom video features Sarrazin being helped back onto the road after an off

Rallye de Monte-Carlo 2009 résumé jour 2
by ttcs44

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