2016 Rally Italia Sardegna Explained

2016 Rally di Sardegna
Native Name:	13º Rally Italia Sardegna
Round:	6
Championship:	2016 World Rally Championship season
Previous Round:	2016 Rally de Portugal
Next Round:	2016 Rally Poland
Country:	Italy
Rallybase:	Alghero, Sardinia
Startdate:	June 9
Enddate:	June 12, 2016
Stages:	19
Stagekm:	322.82
Stagekm Note:	^[1]
Overallkm:	1290.37
Surface:	Gravel
Driver1:	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
Team1:	Hyundai Motorsport N

The 2016 Rally di Sardegna (formally the 13º Rally Italia Sardegna) was the sixth round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 9 June and 12 June 2016, and was based in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy. Hyundai's Thierry Neuville won the race, his 2nd win in the World Rally Championship.^[2]

Overall standings

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		Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time		Points
Overall classification
1	20	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:35:25.8		25
2	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:35:50.6	+24.8
3	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:37:03.6	+1:37.8
4	4	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:38:19.8	+2:54.0	12
5	12	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	DMACK World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:40:52.2	+5:26.4	10
6	6	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:41:25.6	+5:59.8	8
7	16	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Henning Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:41:48.0	+6:22.2	6
8	34	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Team Oreca	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:44:23.2	+8:57.4	4
9	21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:44:28.7	+9:02.9	2
10	43	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:45:12.8	+9:47.0	1
15	10	Kevin Abbring	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:59:06.4	+23:40.6

Special stages

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Day	Stage number	Stage name	Length	Stage winner		Team	Time	Rally leader
9 Jun	SS1	Ittiri Arena Show	2.00 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	2:00.4	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
10 Jun	SS2	Ardara - Ozieri 1	7.50 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	4:06.4	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
	SS3	Tula 1	15.00 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	12:05.3	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
	SS4	Castelsardo 1	14.02 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	10:29.0	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
	SS5	Tergu - Osilo 1	14.91 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	9:47.3	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
	SS6	Ardara - Ozieri 2	7.50 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	4:01.5	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
	SS7	Tula 2	15.00 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	11:46.3	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
	SS8	Castelsardo 2	14.02 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	10:07.7
	SS9	Tergu - Osilo 2	14.91 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	9:31.4
11 Jun	SS10	Monti di Alà 1	22.20 km	Kevin Abbring Sebastian Marshall	10	Hyundai Motorsport N	13:34.6
	SS11	Coiluna - Loelle 1	22.39 km	Ott Tänak Raigo Mõlder	12	DMACK World Rally Team	14:12.0
	SS12	Monte Lerno 1	44.26 km	Mads Østberg Ola Fløene	5	M-Sport World Rally Team	29:34.7
	SS13	Monti di Alà 2	22.20 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	13:11.2
	SS14	Coiluna - Loelle 2	22.39 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	13:56.5
	SS15	Monte Lerno 2	44.26 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	28:47.1
12 Jun	SS16	Cala Flumini 1	14.06 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	9:08.1
	SS17	Sassari - Argentiera 1	6.07  km	Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas	6	M-Sport World Rally Team	4:57.2
	SS18	Cala Flumini 2	14.06 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	8:53.0
	SS19	Sassari - Argentiera 2 (Power Stage)	6.07 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	4:50.1

Power Stage

Notes and References

1. News: Rally Sardinia Itinerary. https://web.archive.org/web/20161128172452/http://www.rallyitaliasardegna.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TDT-03_06_2016.pdf. dead. 28 November 2016. rallyitaliasardegna.com. Rally Sardinia. 3 June 2017. 18 January 2017.
2. News: Hyundai's Thierry Neuville ends drought with WRC Rally Italy win. Alghero, Italy. 2016-06-12. 2017-03-10. autosport.com/. Autosport.
3. Web site: eWRC-results.com - rally database. eWRC-results.com.
4. Web site: eWRC-results.com - rally database. eWRC-results.com.