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FORMULA 1: News Bulletin - Day 2

/noticias.info/ BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team driver Mikko Hirvonen leads the Rally of Turkey at the end of the second day of competition. The Finn holds a 16.1 second advantage over team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala, and Sébastien Loeb (Citroën Total) holds third, despite sweeping the roads clean of loose gravel again.



Following tactical manoeuvres last night, Hirvonen started the day in fifth position but his beneficial road position helped him post fastest time in the opening stage to climb into fourth. Another fastest time in the following stage saw the Finn claim a lead he has gradually extended throughout the day. Having experienced no problems, he heads team-mate Latvala with three stages remaining on Sunday.



Despite the frustration of finding himself first on the road again today, Loeb has minimised the damage but nevertheless struggled to match Hirvonen’s pace. He slipped back to fourth this morning but benefited when third-placed Gigi Galli (Stobart Ford) lost power and fell to a disappointing eighth position. Loeb therefore overnights in third, but 34.2 seconds adrift of the lead.



Henning Solberg (Stobart Ford) has slipped from second to fourth and Dani Sordo (Citroën Total) is hot on his heels, despite a puncture earlier in the day. He overnights fifth, 6.6 seconds behind the Norwegian. Matthew Wilson (Stobart Ford) retains seventh and Galli rounds off the top eight.



Leading retirements today include both Suzukis. Toni Gardemeister retired with a broken radiator while team-mate Per-Gunnar Andersson was forced out with electrical failure.



Rally of Turkey - Results after Day 2



1 Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 3 hr 47 min 37.8sec
2 Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 3 hr 47 min 53.9sec
3 Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3 hr 48 min 12.0sec
4 Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 3 hr 49 min 46.2sec
5 Dani Sordo/Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3 hr 49 min 52.8sec
6 Petter Solberg/Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 3 hr 50 min 11.4sec
7 Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 3 hr 51 min 18.9sec
8 Gigi Galli/Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Focus RS WRC 3 hr 52 min 57.8sec notas_de_prensa_archivo