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march 30, 2019 - Citroen Racing
A tough start in Corsica for the C3 WRCs
Citroën Total World #rally Team’s crews Sébastien Ogier – #JulienIngrassia and #esapekkalappi – #janneferm were unable to express their full potential today as they struggled with a less than ideal set-up on predominantly unfamiliar roads. However, with almost two thirds of this year’s Tour de Corse still to go, both crews are within striking distance of the top five.
- Held between Porto-Vecchio and Propriano, today’s opening leg was unusual in that there was no mid-leg service. Only a tyre-fitting zone was scheduled at the break between the morning and afternoon loops. This made it crucial to get the set-up right from the word go, or else end up struggling the whole day.
- Unfortunately, Citroën Total World #rally Team suffered throughout day one. Slowed at the start by a spin on SS1 and a less than ideal set-up, Sébastien Ogier and #JulienIngrassia ended the first loop in eighth position. Meanwhile, #esapekkalappi and #janneferm made a better start, lying fifth overall before also suffering a spin (SS3), which resulted in them dropping two places.
- Although they were unable to make all the set-up changes they would have liked to make in the tyre-fitting zone, the crews – the only team members allowed to work on the car – improved a number of settings on the C3 WRC with guidance from the technical team. The target was clearly to make more of their potential in the second loop. Showing considerable fighting spirit, Sébastien and Julien managed to move up into sixth overall, just 10.2s adrift of fourth place, whilst Esapekka and Janne ended today’s opening leg just behind their team-mates.
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