In Australia vince Thierry Neuville, Latvala va a sbattere nel finale
Il belga della Hyundai si impone senza troppi problemi, mentre il finlandese sbaglia nel finale cedendo le altre due posizioni del podio anche a Tanak e Paddon. Fuori Breen, Ogier solo quarto.
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Thierry Neuville ha conquistato la sua quarta vittoria stagionale nel WRC portandosi a casa anche la Power Stage a Coffs Harbour, mentre Jari-Matti Latvala ha buttato al vento il secondo posto del Rally d'Australia andando a sbattere nell'ultima prova di gara.
Il belga della Hyundai ha approfittato della cancellazione della penultima PS a causa delle condizioni climatiche avverse, presentandosi ai 6,4km della Power Stage con 14"7 di margine sul finlandese, che però ha commesso l'errore finale ritirarsi danneggiando la propria Toyota a pochi km dal traguardo.
Neuville ha quindi potuto gestire la situazione e alla fine ha trionfato con 22"5 di vantaggio sugli inseguitori, primo dei quali Ott Tanak con la Ford Fiesta della M-Sport, al settimo podio stagionale.
La Top3 viene completata da Hayden Paddon con la seconda Hyundai, approfittando dell'incidente che ha visto in precedenza coinvolti Craig Breen e Scott Martin, usciti illesi dal capottamento con la loro Citroen C3, completamente distrutta nell'incidente.
Sébastien Ogier chiude quarto con il successo nell'ultima PS, ma non è stato protagonista di un gran rally che lo vede terminare davanti ad Elfyn Evans con la Fiesta della DMACK.
Il migliore delle Toyota alla fine è Esapekka Lappi, sesto, con la Citroen di Kris Meeke settima a distanza siderale dal finlandese. Buona prova per Richie Dalton con la propria ŠKODA Fabia R5, ottavo, mentre in Top10 abbiamo anche i due idoli locali Nathan Quinn (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) e Dean Herridge (Subaru Impreza STI).
Informazioni aggiuntive di Andrew van Leeuwen
Pos | # | Driver | Eligibility | Stage Time | Penalties | Total Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st |
1. | 5 | ![]() |
M | 2:35:44.8 | 2:35:44.8 | |||
2. | 2 | ![]() |
M | 2:36:07.3 | 2:36:07.3 | +22.5 | +22.5 | |
3. | 4 | ![]() |
M | 2:36:43.9 | 2:36:43.9 | +36.6 | +59.1 | |
4. | 1 | ![]() |
M | 2:37:12.5 | 01:00 | 2:38:12.5 | +1:28.6 | +2:27.7 |
5. | 3 | ![]() |
M | 2:38:50.4 | 2:38:50.4 | +37.9 | +3:05.6 | |
6. | 11 | ![]() |
M | 2:39:34.3 | 2:39:34.3 | +43.9 | +3:49.5 | |
7. | 9 | ![]() |
M | 2:58:43.2 | 2:58:43.2 | +19:08.9 | +22:58.4 | |
8. | 61 | ![]() |
3:00:24.4 | 3:00:24.4 | +1:41.2 | +24:39.6 | ||
9. | 68 | ![]() |
3:00:48.2 | 3:00:48.2 | +23.8 | +25:03.4 | ||
10. | 71 | ![]() |
3:05:37.1 | 3:05:37.1 | +4:48.9 | +29:52.3 | ||
11. | 21 | ![]() |
WRCT | 3:08:10.2 | 3:08:10.2 | +2:33.1 | +32:25.4 | |
12. | 31 | ![]() |
WRC2 | 3:08:31.1 | 00:30 | 3:09:01.1 | +50.9 | +33:16.3 |
13. | 6 | ![]() |
M | 3:13:24.5 | 3:13:24.5 | +4:23.4 | +37:39.7 | |
14. | 75 | ![]() |
3:14:05.2 | 3:14:05.2 | +40.7 | +38:20.4 | ||
15. | 79 | ![]() |
3:15:01.4 | 3:15:01.4 | +56.2 | +39:16.6 | ||
16. | 77 | ![]() |
3:20:31.6 | 3:20:31.6 | +5:30.2 | +44:46.8 | ||
17. | 62 | ![]() |
3:21:59.6 | 3:21:59.6 | +1:28.0 | +46:14.8 | ||
18. | 80 | ![]() |
3:27:00.2 | 3:27:00.2 | +5:00.6 | +51:15.4 | ||
19. | 72 | ![]() |
3:29:35.5 | 00:10 | 3:29:45.5 | +2:45.3 | +54:00.7 | |
20. | 78 | ![]() |
3:39:28.7 | 02:50 | 3:42:18.7 | +12:33.2 | +1:06:33.9 | |
21. | 66 | ![]() |
3:43:39.6 | 3:43:39.6 | +1:20.9 | +1:07:54.8 | ||
22. | 74 | ![]() |
3:43:42.9 | 02:00 | 3:45:42.9 | +2:03.3 | +1:09:58.1 | |
23. | 81 | ![]() |
3:47:44.4 | 3:47:44.4 | +2:01.5 | +1:11:59.6 | ||
24. | 69 | ![]() |
3:48:48.5 | 3:48:48.5 | +1:04.1 | +1:13:03.7 | ||
25. | 76 | ![]() |
4:10:10.3 | 02:20 | 4:12:30.3 | +23:41.8 | +1:36:45.5 |
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