Rally Italia Sardegna 2023

1 Fourmaux A.
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII
00:01:55.500
00:01:52.100
00:01:50.700
2 Mikkelsen A.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
00:01:54.400
00:01:52.000
00:01:50.900
3 Suninen T.
Hyundai i20 N Rally2
00:01:55.700
00:01:52.700
4 Greensmith G.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
00:01:54.300
5 Zaldivar F.
Hyundai i20 N Rally2
00:01:56.700
00:01:57.000
6 McErlean J.
Hyundai i20 N Rally2
00:01:57.200
00:01:57.300
7 Munster G.
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII
00:01:59.400
00:01:58.200
8 O'Brien P.
Hyundai i20 N Rally2
00:01:59.000
INFORMATION ABOUT SS SHAKEDOWN
flash info (23 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): It will not be a sprint, this rally. You have to be clever and you have to use the soft [tyres] when you need to, but it's really difficult to know when that will be!
flash info (22 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It's going to be great fun. The stages are really difficult but a cool challenge. The weather and tyre package doesn't really fit together now when you look at it but it's going to be the same for everyone.
flash info (20 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): I couldn't do more in Portugal, but now it's a different rally. The team worked very well, although the time between events was a little too short to make any big steps. I am feeling confident.
flash info (7 - Loubet Pierre-Louis / Gilsoul Nicolas): The conditions will be tricky, normally in the second loop. It's the same for everybody.
flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): These are new pair of boots - my sponsors designed them! Of course I will try to manage this tricky weather. Many things can happen and it won't be easy.
flash info (6 - Sordo Dani / Carrera Cándido): I was not driving very well. I made some mistakes and I couldn't develop the confidence, but it's only shakedown. We need to try to make a good set-up with the car to make the confidence but it's going to be a long rally.
flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I think the stages are looking okay. There are some softer sections and some harder ones, but for sure the weather will play a big role this weekend. We are targeting the podium as always.
flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): We don't look back, we look forward! The target is to have a strong event - for the championship it's important for us to take the maximum points. It won't be an easy task with the weather conditions and it's going to be a long rally, but the target is to enjoy it. If we enjoy it, the performance will be there.
flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It looks pretty difficult to be honest, obviously we've had some extreme weather. We've got some tricky sections, actually, with quite a few mud holes as well.
flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): We will see almost everything! There are a lot of new sections this year and a challenging weekend ahead, with long stages as well. We haven't done stages like this for a long while so it should be interesting.
flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It looks quite a bit like a Safari test already! It is quite challenging this weekend, the stages here in Sardinia are always a special challenge between the trees and with the high speed. They are tricky and it's not going to be easy.
flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Definitely the rain will hopefully help us a bit, but the tyre choice will be the biggest deal for us. It's going to be a really tricky plan with the tyres for us, opening the road and with the rain as well. It was definitely not easy in here with the hard compound tyres - it was super slippy!