2015 Rally Italia Sardegna Explained

2015 Rally Italia Sardegna
Native Name:Rally Italia Sardegna 2015
Round:6
Championship:2015 World Rally Championship season
Previous Round:2015 Rally de Portugal
Next Round:2015 Rally Poland
Country: Italy
Rallybase:Alghero, Sardinia
Startdate:June 11
Enddate:June 14, 2015
Stages:23
Stagekm:394.63
Overallkm:1553.11
Surface:Gravel
Driver1: Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
Team1: Volkswagen Motorsport

The 2015 Rally Italia Sardegna, held on Sardinia, was the sixth round of the 2015 World Rally Championship season.Sébastien Ogier obtained its fourth victory in this season.

Entry list

EntrantDriverCo-DriverCarTyre
1 Volkswagen Motorsport Sebastien Ogier Julien IngrassiaVolkswagen Polo R WRC
2 Volkswagen Motorsport Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka AnttilaVolkswagen Polo R WRC
3 Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT Kris Meeke Paul NagleCitroen DS3 WRC
4 Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT Mads Ostberg Jonas AnderssonCitroen DS3 WRC
5 M-Sport World Rally Team Elfyn Evans Daniel BarrittFord Fiesta RS WRC
6 M-Sport World Rally Team Ott Tänak Raigo MõlderFord Fiesta RS WRC
7 Hyundai Motorsport Thierry Neuville Nicolas GilsoulHyundai i20 WRC
8 Hyundai Motorsport Dani Sordo Marc MartiHyundai i20 WRC
9 Volkswagen Motorsport II Andreas Mikkelsen Ola FloeneVolkswagen Polo R WRC
20 Hyundai Motorsport N Hayden Paddon John KennardHyundai i20 WRC
21 Jipocar Czech National Team Martin Prokop Jan TomanekFord Fiesta RS WRC
37 FWRT s.r.l. Lorenzo Bertelli Lorenzo GranaiFord Fiesta RS WRC
12 Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT Khalid Al-Qassimi Chris PattersonCitroen DS3 WRC
14 RK World Rally Team Robert Kubica Maciej SzczepaniakFord Fiesta RS WRC
WRC 2
31 Yazeed Racing Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael OrrFord Fiesta RRC
32 PH Sport Stephane Lefebvre Stéphane PrévotCitroen DS3 RRC
36 ME3 Rally Team Karl Kruuda Martin JärveojaCitroen DS3 R5
38 Yuriy Protasov Yuriy Protasov Pavlo CherepinFord Fiesta RRC
39 Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Marshall ClarkeFord Fiesta RRC
40 Eurolamp WRT Valeriy Gorban Volodymyr KorsiaMini Cooper S2000 1.6T
41 Nicolas Fuchs Nicolas Fuchs Fernando MussanoFord Fiesta R5
42 Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu BaumelFord Fiesta RRC
43 Skoda Motorsport Esapekka Lappi Janne FermSkoda Fabia R5
44 BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team Armin Kremer Pirmin WinklhoferSkoda Fabia R5
45 Skoda Motorsport Jan Kopecky Pavel DreslerSkoda Fabia R5
47 Julien Maurin Julien Maurin Nicolas KlingerFord Fiesta RRC
48 F.P.F Sport Paolo Andreucci Anna AndreussiPeugeot 208 T16
50 Team Oreca Eric Camilli Benjamin VeillasFord Fiesta R5
52 Napoca Rally Academy Simone Tempestini Matteo ChiarcossiMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
73 ACSM Rallye Team Bernardo Sousa Hugo MagalhãesPeugeot 208 T16
74 RMC Motorsport Ramon Torres Fuentes David Vazquez ListeFord Fiesta R5
76 Geronimo Padilla Geronimo Padilla Edgardo GalindoFord Fiesta R5
77 Scott Pedder Scott Pedder Dale MoscattFord Fiesta R5
78 Eamonn Boland Eamonn Boland Joseph Morrissey MichaelSubaru Impreza WRX STI
79 Gianluca Linari Gianluca Linari Nicola ArenaSubaru Impreza STI N15
80 ACSM Rallye Team Joan Carchat Claudi Ribeiro Leite Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
81 Enrico Brazzoli Enrico Brazzoli Maurizio BaroneSubaru Impreza STI N15
WRC 3
69 Renault Sport Technologies Andrea Crugnola Michele FerraraRenault Clio RS R3T
70 Team Oreca Teemu Suninen Mikko MarkkulaCitroen DS3 R3T Max
71 ACI Team Italia Fabio Andolfi Simone ScattolinPeugeot 208 R2
72 ACI Team Italia Giuseppe Testa Emanuele InglesiPeugeot 208 R2
Other
83Ford Fiesta R5
84Ford Fiesta R5
85Skoda Fabia S2000
86Ford Fiesta RRC
87Ford Fiesta R5
88Subaru Impreza STI N15
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92
93
94
96
97Ford Fiesta R5

Report

The rally began with a surprising Martin Prokop winning the Super Special Stage of Cagliari, followed by Dani Sordo (penalized for false start) and Mikkelsen. On the second day, new surprise with Hayden Paddon winning the first Friday 3 sections, and at the end of SS 4 led the rally with 25.3 s lead over Latvala and Ogier on 27.5. In the remaining stages, Paddon controlled the pace, but a slight touch on the last stage reduced the advantage to only 8.8 s, now on Ogier who had exceeded his teammate. Dani Sordo was forced to leave after booting a wheel while Neuville suffered from problems such as turbo and handbrake and finished 6th. Meeke gave-up at SS 2 and Kubica did the same on the next.

It was necessary to reach the SS 17 and a spinning from Paddon for a VW take the rally lead. Ostberg was third, despite having traveled 20 km with a slow tyre leakage, having won 2 PEC before having new slow tyre leakage in the last SS. In this day Mikkelsen (lost a wheel) Sordo (lack of gas pressure), Kubica (3 holes and a stuck gearbox) and Tänak (gearbox jammed when he was 3rd place) dropped out while there were many hardships to Neuville (whipping-top, turbo and steering problems and 40s penalty) and Latvala (hole and crashed shock absorber for 2 sections). At the end of the day Ogier had a huge advantage over Paddon (2m13s) while Ostberg was 3 to 3m25s and Neuville 4th at 3m57s.

For the last day the attention was concentrated in the fight for the last podium spot between Ostberg and Neuville. An outwit from Ostberg (dropped to 5) delivered the 3rd to the Belgian. The power-stage was completely dominated by VW: Ogier, Latvala and Mikkelsen.

Special stages

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DayStage
number
Stage nameLengthStage winner
TeamTimeRally leader
11 JunSS1 Citta' Di Cagliari2.50 km Martin Prokop
Jan Tománek
21 Jipocar Czech National Team2:23.7 Martin Prokop
Jan Tománek
12 JunSS2 Grighine Sud 126.31 km Hayden Paddon
John Kennard
20 Hyundai Motorsport N18:15.0 Hayden Paddon
John Kennard
SS3 Grighine Nord 118.34 km Hayden Paddon
John Kennard
20 Hyundai Motorsport N13:48.1
SS4 Montiferru 114.41 km Hayden Paddon
John Kennard
20 Hyundai Motorsport N9:47.4
SS5 Sagama 12.58 km Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
1 Volkswagen Motorsport2:09.6
SS6 Sagama 22.58 km Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
2 Volkswagen Motorsport2:07.0
SS7 Sinis - Mont' E Prama14.08 km Ott Tänak
Raigo Mõlder
6 M-Sport World Rally Team7:48.7
SS8 Grighine Sud 222.45 km Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
2 Volkswagen Motorsport15:20.9
SS9 Grighine Nord 218.34 km Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
1 Volkswagen Motorsport13:29.7
SS10 Montiferru 214.41 km Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
2 Volkswagen Motorsport9:28.9
13 JunSS11 Ittiri Arena 11.40 km Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
1 Volkswagen Motorsport1:28.8
SS12 Monti di Ala' 122.49 km Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
2 Volkswagen Motorsport13:51.2
SS13 Coiluna-Loelle 136.69 km Mads Østberg
Jonas Andersson
4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT24:04.1
SS14 Monte Lerno 142.22 km Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
2 Volkswagen Motorsport28:37.4
SS15 Ozieri-Ardara7.23 km Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
2 Volkswagen Motorsport4:00.9
SS16 Ittiri Arena 21.40 km Thierry Neuville
Nicolas Gilsoul
7 Hyundai Motorsport1:30.0
SS17 Monti di Ala' 222.49 km Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
1 Volkswagen Motorsport13:38.9 Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
SS18 Coiluna-Loelle 236.69 km Mads Østberg
Jonas Andersson
4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT23:51.7
SS19 Monte Lerno 242.22 km Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
1 Volkswagen Motorsport28:01.5
14 JunSS20 Olmedo monte Baranta 111.13 km Hayden Paddon
John Kennard
20 Hyundai Motorsport N8:10.7
SS21 Cala Flumini 111.77 km Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
1 Volkswagen Motorsport7:36.3
SS22 Olmedo monte Baranta 211.13 km Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
2 Volkswagen Motorsport7:56.3
SS23 Cala Flumini 2 (Power Stage)11.77 km Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
1 Volkswagen Motorsport7:15.9

Power Stage

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Rally Championship - Italy - wrc.com . 2015-07-12 . 2017-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170611174409/http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/results/italy/stage-times/page/360-231---.html . dead .