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Rally Italia Sardegna 2017 counts for:
2017 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2017 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2017 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2017 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
2017 FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
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| 564th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 7 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Italia Sardegna |
| Edition: | 14th |
| Date: | from Thursday 8-Jun-2017 to Sunday 11-Jun-2017 |
| Rally HQ: | Alghero, Sardinia; Italy |
| Clerk of the Course: | Lucio de Mori |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 55 | |
| Starters: | 53 | |
| Finishers: | 41 | (77.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 2.00 | km | (SS1 Ittiri Arena Show) |
| Longest: | 28.52 | km | (SS14 Monti di Ala' 2) |
| Slowest: | 59.11 | km/h | (SS1 Ittiri Arena Show) |
| Fastest: | 114.03 | km/h | (SS13 Coiluna - Loelle 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 312.66 | km | (20.9% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 312.66 | km | (20.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,183.71 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,496.37 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 1st win and 8th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 60th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Third place was 24th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 85th win and 345th podium for Ford. |
| | Second place was 147th podium for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 27th podium for Hyundai. |
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Tanak inherited lead from Paddon after his off and unlike all other rally leaders before him, Ott was able to keep that lead until the end. That despite car being filled with dust from hole in the chassis.
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Latvala lost some time in Ostberg's dust in SS12 and without that he might have overtaken Tanak. All Toyota squad drove well, Lappi scored his first stage wins and finished fourth, while Hanninen lost fifth overall in final stages of the rally.
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Neuville was best Hyundai at the finish, whereas team-mate Paddon led until he clipped a bank on second day and retiring. Sordo lost time with engine problem and was left to bring up the rear.
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Citroen's awful results dragged on. Meeke was leading when he went off in SS5 and damaged roll cage prevented him from continuing. Breen retired with gearbox oil leak so new recruit Mikkelsen (pictured) was left to finish best of the team - despite running carefully while learning the car.
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Related links
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Portugal 2017
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Rally Poland 2017
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