WRC

Citroen in front of shakedown


Reporting: José Luis Abreu, de Portugal

Kris Meeke and Citroën were the fastest in the shakedown of the Mexico Rally with Thierry Neuville putting his Hyundai i20 WRC just three tenths behind. Sébastien Ogier was third to 1.8s of Meeke, which without proving much, shows at least that the Citroën is competitive, and the records are reliable as to the order of departure, since the best times were all of course made in the third passages.
In the first four places were four cars of the four different brands present in the WRC.
Sébastien Loeb made just the tenth fastest time, at 4.5 seconds behind his team-mate Kris Meeke.
The rally begins during the early morning of mainland Portugal with the Street Stage GTO.

Times:

1.	Meeke Kris – Nagle Paul	Citroën C3 WRC	3:46.7	3:42.7	3:41.0
2.	Neuville Thierry – Gilsoul N.	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3:53.5	3:46.3	3:41.4
3.	Ogier S. – Ingrassia J.	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:49.3	3:44.8	3:42.8
4.	Latvala J. – Anttila M.	Toyota Yaris WRC	3:52.8	3:46.0	3:43.1
5.	Suninen Teemu – Markkula M.	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:56.3	3:56.3	3:53.9	3:45.7	3:43.4
6.	Sordo Dani – Del Barrio C.	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3:50.7	3:45.8	3:44.2
7.	Tänak Ott – Järveoja Martin	Toyota Yaris WRC	3:50.1	3:45.4	3:44.5
8.	Mikkelsen Andreas – Jæger A.	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3:54.2	3:49.2	3:44.9
9.	Evans Elfyn – Barritt Daniel	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:45.9	3:45.3
10.	Loeb Sébastien – Elena D.	Citroën C3 WRC	4:00.3	3:48.7	3:45.5
11.	Lappi Esapekka – Ferm Janne	Toyota Yaris WRC	3:58.4	3:49.5
12.	Tidemand P. – Andersson J.	Škoda Fabia R5	4:02.4	3:56.4
13.	Huttunen Jari – Linnaketo A.	Hyundai i20 R5	4:08.5	4:00.6
14.	Rovanperä K. – Halttunen J.	Škoda Fabia R5	4:00.9
15.	Greensmith Gus – Parry Craig	Ford Fiesta R5	4:07.4	4:03.2
16.	Heller Pedro – Olmos Pablo	Ford Fiesta R5	4:08.4
17.	Bulacia Wilkinson M. – Mussano F.	Ford Fiesta R5	4:29.0	4:17.0
18.	Williams Tom – Hall Phil	Ford Fiesta R2	5:19.5