Dani Sordo (Hyundai) won for the second consecutive year the Rally of Sardinia, the sixth round of the World Rally Championship (WRC), in a test in which his Belgian teammate Thierry Neuville was second and the French Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) finished third.
It is the third win in the career of the Cantabrian driver (37 years old), who has participated in 169 World Championship rallies since 2003.
"I am very happy and very satisfied for this victory. My co-driver, Carlos del Barrio, and I have given absolutely everything this weekend. The team has also done a perfect job, putting in my hands the best possible material to fulfill the The objective with which we arrived in Sardinia a few days ago, which was none other than to win the rally again, "said Sordo in a statement.
Dani Sordo, who does not compete in all the races of the season with his team, like Loeb, had not raced since the Rally of Mexico, in March, where he retired, before the confinement caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite being poorly classified in the championship, he managed to maintain his position as the leader of the race in Sardinia from Friday until the end of the test, using his immense experience.
"I have really enjoyed driving through these stages, but I want to dedicate the victory to Laura Salvo and her entire family, to whom I send all my support in these difficult times," concluded Sordo.
Evans continues to lead
Sordo saw his victory in jeopardy until the end, but managed to maintain a five-second lead over
Neuville
and six over
Ogier
, after three days of fierce fighting on these Sardinian tracks where he had already prevailed in 2019.
Neuville overtook Ogier in a second after the sixteenth and final special stage.
World Cup leader Elfyn Evans (Toyota) of Britain finished in fourth place, more than a minute behind Sordo, and retained his place as the number one candidate for the world title, with two sets remaining to end the season.
Evans now has 111 points, 14 ahead of Ogier, 24 over Neuville, who climbed from fifth to third this weekend, and 28 over the Estonian Ott Tänak (Hyundai), current world champion.
There are two rallies left this season, in Belgium in November, around Ypres, and then near Milan in early December, at the Monza Rally, which was added to the calendar for this shortened 2020 season, due to the new pandemic. coronavirus.
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