Rally d`Italia Sardegna: SS13.

SS13 - San Giacomo 1 (13.46 km): Petter Solberg fastest through SS13; Loeb second; Hirvonen third; Atkinson fourth; Sordo fifth; Rovanpera broke a diff and lost over 1 minute; Duval stalled at the start and lost 30 secs; Sohlberg went off the road and lost 15-20 seconds; Gronholm, Henning Solberg, Galli and Katajamaki all failed to re-start following their issues on day 2; Wilks heads the JWRC class; Loeb leads the overall event by 2mins 22.4secs.

Stage times and overall standings after SS13.

Top ten stage times for SS13:

Petter Solberg - Subaru
Petter Solberg - Subaru
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SS13 - San Giacomo 1 (13.46 km): Petter Solberg fastest through SS13; Loeb second; Hirvonen third; Atkinson fourth; Sordo fifth; Rovanpera broke a diff and lost over 1 minute; Duval stalled at the start and lost 30 secs; Sohlberg went off the road and lost 15-20 seconds; Gronholm, Henning Solberg, Galli and Katajamaki all failed to re-start following their issues on day 2; Wilks heads the JWRC class; Loeb leads the overall event by 2mins 22.4secs.

Stage times and overall standings after SS13.

Top ten stage times for SS13:

1. Petter SolbergSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 200610mins 09.3secs M1
2. Sebastien LoebKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 06+00mins 00.9secs M1
3. Mikko HirvonenBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06+00mins 06.3secs M1
4. Chris AtkinsonSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+00mins 09.8ecs M1
5. Daniel Sordo Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC+00mins 10.2secs
6. Manfred StohlOMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRC+00mins 18.5secs M2
7. Xavier PonsKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 06+00mins 18.6secs M1
8. Jussi ValimakiMitsubishi Lancer WRC+00mins 19.2secs
9. Jan KopeckyCzech RT Skoda Fabia WRC+00mins 24.8secs
10. Kristian SohlbergAtolye Kazaz Subaru Impreza +00mins 27.5secs

Overall times after SS13:

1. Sebastien LoebKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 063hours 12mins 36.2secs M1
2. Mikko HirvonenBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06+02mins 22.4secs M1
3. Daniel Sordo Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC+03mins 05.3secs
4. Xavier PonsKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 06+04mins 44.8secs M1
5. Chris AtkinsonSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+06mins 05.6secs M1
6. Jussi ValimakiMitsubishi Lancer WRC+06mins 19.9secs
7. Kristian SohlbergAtolye Kazaz Subaru Impreza +06mins 55.7secs
8. Petter SolbergSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+06mins 56.9secs M1
9. Manfred StohlOMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRC+07mins 29.8secs M2
10. Francois DuvalFirst Skoda Fabia WRC+09mins 10.3secs

11. Gareth MacHaleFord Focus WRC+12mins 56.8secs
12. Luis Perez CompancStobart VK Ford Focus WRC+13mins 50.6secs
13. Harri RovanperaRed Bull Skoda Fabia WRC 06+17mins 37.9secs M2
14. Andreas AignerRed Bull Skoda Fabia WRC 05+19mins 07.4secs M2
15. Guy WilksSuzuki Swift S1600+24mins 08.6secs J
16. Juho HanninenMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX+24mins 45.4secs
17. Patrick SandellRenault Clio Super 1600+26mins 46.9secs J
18. Conrad RautenbachRenault Clio Super 1600+30mins 59.2secs J
19. Alan ScorcioniSubaru Impreza+31mins 22.0secs
20. Julien PressacCitroen C2 Super 1600+32mins 14.1secs J

Overall JWRC after SS13:

1. Guy WilksSuzuki Swift S16003hours 36mins 44.8secs J
2. Patrick SandellRenault Clio Super 1600+02mins 38.3secs J
3. Conrad RautenbachRenault Clio Super 1600+06mins 50.6secs J

Notable retirements*:

SS5/6. Harri RovanperaRed Bull Skoda Fabia WRC 06Transmission. M2#
SS6. Petter SolbergSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006Tyres. M1#

SS8. Marcus GronholmBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06Hit a rock. M1
SS9. Henning SolbergOMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRCEngine. M2
SS10. Kosti KatajamakiStobart VK Ford Focus WRC 05Rolled. M2
SS12/13 Gigi GalliPirelli Bozian Peugeot 307 WRCEngine.

* Under the 'SupeRally' system, retired cars can re-start on subsequent legs with time penalties imposed for however many stages they miss.

# denotes elected/able to re-start.

M1 - denotes Manufacturer 1 entry.
M2 - denotes Manufacturer 2 entry.
J - denotes Junior WRC entry.

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