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Rally Italia Sardegna 2019 counts for:
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 Pro (for Teams and Drivers)
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2019 FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
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| 591st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 8 of 14 |
| Official name: | Rally Italia Sardegna |
| Edition: | 16th |
| Date: | from Thursday 13-Jun-2019 to Sunday 16-Jun-2019 |
| Rally HQ: | Alghero, Sardinia; Italy |
| Clerk of the Course: | Lucio de Mori |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 94 | |
| Starters: | 88 | |
| Finishers: | 49 | (55.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 2.00 | km | (SS1 Ittiri Arena Show) |
| Longest: | 28.21 | km | (SS14 Monti di A'la 2) |
| Slowest: | 59.65 | km/h | (SS1 Ittiri Arena Show) |
| Fastest: | 102.40 | km/h | (SS14 Monti di A'la 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 310.52 | km | (22.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 295.80 | km | (21.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,073.12 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,368.92 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 2nd win and 45th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Second place was 2nd podium for Teemu Suninen. |
| Third place was 24th podium for Andreas Mikkelsen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 13th win and win and third place were 51st to 52nd podiums for Hyundai. |
| | Second place was 366th podium for Ford. |
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Tanak's sudden problems on rally ending Power Stage elevated Dani Sordo to surprise win, only his second in a long and illustrious WRC career. His rally was almost problem free and his pace had been fast, so win was well justified.
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M-Sport's Teemu Suninen scored his career best finish with second overall. Having switched co-drivers, he was co-driven by experienced Jarmo Lehtinen and is seen here going around the stones in SS5 which caught out Ogier.
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For the second rally in row, Toyota's great finish is spoiled in Power Stage. This time it was Tanak, who had bided his time on first leg with bad road position, then pushed through second day to take lead and maintain it during final day. Only to suffer steering failure and dropped fifth.
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Citroen's star Ogier was first on the road on first day and pushed hard despite disadvantageous position. So hard that he clipped rock and retired. His team-mate Lappi (pictured) didn't fare much better as he went wide on SS4, punctured and lost minutes.
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Related links
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