2015 Rally Italia Sardegna

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.

2015 Rally Italia Sardegna
Rally Italia Sardegna 2015
Round 6 of the 2015 World Rally Championship season
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Host countryItaly Italy
Rally baseAlghero, Sardinia
Dates runJune 11 – June 14, 2015
Stages23 (394.63 km; 245.21 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,553.11 km (965.06 miles)
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
Germany Volkswagen Motorsport

Entry list

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WRC
No. Entrant Driver Co-Driver Car Tyre
1   Volkswagen Motorsport   Sebastien Ogier   Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M
2   Volkswagen Motorsport   Jari-Matti Latvala   Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M
3   Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT   Kris Meeke   Paul Nagle Citroen DS3 WRC M
4   Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT   Mads Ostberg   Jonas Andersson Citroen DS3 WRC M
5   M-Sport World Rally Team   Elfyn Evans   Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M
6   M-Sport World Rally Team   Ott Tänak   Raigo Mõlder Ford Fiesta RS WRC M
7   Hyundai Motorsport   Thierry Neuville   Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC M
8   Hyundai Motorsport   Dani Sordo   Marc Marti Hyundai i20 WRC M
9   Volkswagen Motorsport II   Andreas Mikkelsen   Ola Floene Volkswagen Polo R WRC M
20   Hyundai Motorsport N   Hayden Paddon   John Kennard Hyundai i20 WRC M
21   Jipocar Czech National Team   Martin Prokop   Jan Tomanek Ford Fiesta RS WRC P
37   FWRT s.r.l.   Lorenzo Bertelli   Lorenzo Granai Ford Fiesta RS WRC P
WRC
12   Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT   Khalid Al-Qassimi   Chris Patterson Citroen DS3 WRC M
14   RK World Rally Team   Robert Kubica   Maciej Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta RS WRC P
WRC 2
31   Yazeed Racing   Yazeed Al-Rajhi   Michael Orr Ford Fiesta RRC P
32   PH Sport   Stephane Lefebvre   Stéphane Prévot Citroen DS3 RRC M
36   ME3 Rally Team   Karl Kruuda   Martin Järveoja Citroen DS3 R5 P
38   Yuriy Protasov   Yuriy Protasov   Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC P
39   Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team   Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari   Marshall Clarke Ford Fiesta RRC P
40   Eurolamp WRT   Valeriy Gorban   Volodymyr Korsia Mini Cooper S2000 1.6T P
41   Nicolas Fuchs   Nicolas Fuchs   Fernando Mussano Ford Fiesta R5 D
42   Nasser Al-Attiyah   Nasser Al-Attiyah   Mathieu Baumel Ford Fiesta RRC M
43   Skoda Motorsport   Esapekka Lappi   Janne Ferm Skoda Fabia R5 M
44   BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team   Armin Kremer   Pirmin Winklhofer Skoda Fabia R5 P
45   Skoda Motorsport   Jan Kopecky   Pavel Dresler Skoda Fabia R5 M
47   Julien Maurin   Julien Maurin   Nicolas Klinger Ford Fiesta RRC P
48   F.P.F Sport   Paolo Andreucci   Anna Andreussi Peugeot 208 T16 P
50   Team Oreca   Eric Camilli   Benjamin Veillas Ford Fiesta R5 M
52   Napoca Rally Academy   Simone Tempestini   Matteo Chiarcossi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX P
73   ACSM Rallye Team   Bernardo Sousa   Hugo Magalhães Peugeot 208 T16 H
74   RMC Motorsport   Ramon Torres Fuentes   David Vazquez Liste Ford Fiesta R5
76   Geronimo Padilla   Geronimo Padilla   Edgardo Galindo Ford Fiesta R5
77   Scott Pedder   Scott Pedder   Dale Moscatt Ford Fiesta R5
78   Eamonn Boland   Eamonn Boland   Joseph Morrissey Michael Subaru Impreza WRX STI
79   Gianluca Linari   Gianluca Linari   Nicola Arena Subaru Impreza STI N15
80   ACSM Rallye Team   Joan Carchat   Claudi Ribeiro Leite Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X H
81   Enrico Brazzoli   Enrico Brazzoli   Maurizio Barone Subaru Impreza STI N15
WRC 3
69   Renault Sport Technologies   Andrea Crugnola   Michele Ferrara Renault Clio RS R3T
70   Team Oreca   Teemu Suninen   Mikko Markkula Citroen DS3 R3T Max
71   ACI Team Italia   Fabio Andolfi   Simone Scattolin Peugeot 208 R2 P
72   ACI Team Italia   Giuseppe Testa   Emanuele Inglesi Peugeot 208 R2 P
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83   [[]]   [[]]   [[]] Ford Fiesta R5
84   [[]]   [[]]   [[]] Ford Fiesta R5
85   [[]]   [[]]   [[]] Skoda Fabia S2000
86   [[]]   [[]]   [[]] Ford Fiesta RRC
87   [[]]   [[]]   [[]] Ford Fiesta R5
88   [[]]   [[]]   [[]] Subaru Impreza STI N15
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97   [[]]   [[]]   [[]] Ford Fiesta R5 D

Report

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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.

Overall standings

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Special stages

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Day Stage
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Stage name Length Stage winner Car
No.
Team Time Rally leader
11 Jun SS1   Citta' Di Cagliari 2.50 km   Martin Prokop
  Jan Tománek
21   Jipocar Czech National Team 2:23.7   Martin Prokop
  Jan Tománek
12 Jun SS2   Grighine Sud 1 26.31 km   Hayden Paddon
  John Kennard
20   Hyundai Motorsport N 18:15.0   Hayden Paddon
  John Kennard
SS3   Grighine Nord 1 18.34 km   Hayden Paddon
  John Kennard
20   Hyundai Motorsport N 13:48.1
SS4   Montiferru 1 14.41 km   Hayden Paddon
  John Kennard
20   Hyundai Motorsport N 9:47.4
SS5   Sagama 1 2.58 km   Sébastien Ogier
  Julien Ingrassia
1   Volkswagen Motorsport 2:09.6
SS6   Sagama 2 2.58 km   Jari-Matti Latvala
  Miikka Anttila
2   Volkswagen Motorsport 2:07.0
SS7   Sinis - Mont' E Prama 14.08 km   Ott Tänak
  Raigo Mõlder
6   M-Sport World Rally Team 7:48.7
SS8   Grighine Sud 2 22.45 km   Jari-Matti Latvala
  Miikka Anttila
2   Volkswagen Motorsport 15:20.9
SS9   Grighine Nord 2 18.34 km   Sébastien Ogier
  Julien Ingrassia
1   Volkswagen Motorsport 13:29.7
SS10   Montiferru 2 14.41 km   Jari-Matti Latvala
  Miikka Anttila
2   Volkswagen Motorsport 9:28.9
13 Jun SS11   Ittiri Arena 1 1.40 km   Sébastien Ogier
  Julien Ingrassia
1   Volkswagen Motorsport 1:28.8
SS12   Monti di Ala' 1 22.49 km   Jari-Matti Latvala
  Miikka Anttila
2   Volkswagen Motorsport 13:51.2
SS13   Coiluna-Loelle 1 36.69 km   Mads Østberg
  Jonas Andersson
4   Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 24:04.1
SS14   Monte Lerno 1 42.22 km   Jari-Matti Latvala
  Miikka Anttila
2   Volkswagen Motorsport 28:37.4
SS15   Ozieri-Ardara 7.23 km   Jari-Matti Latvala
  Miikka Anttila
2   Volkswagen Motorsport 4:00.9
SS16   Ittiri Arena 2 1.40 km   Thierry Neuville
  Nicolas Gilsoul
7   Hyundai Motorsport 1:30.0
SS17   Monti di Ala' 2 22.49 km   Sébastien Ogier
  Julien Ingrassia
1   Volkswagen Motorsport 13:38.9   Sébastien Ogier
  Julien Ingrassia
SS18   Coiluna-Loelle 2 36.69 km   Mads Østberg
  Jonas Andersson
4   Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 23:51.7
SS19   Monte Lerno 2 42.22 km   Sébastien Ogier
  Julien Ingrassia
1   Volkswagen Motorsport 28:01.5
14 Jun SS20   Olmedo monte Baranta 1 11.13 km   Hayden Paddon
  John Kennard
20   Hyundai Motorsport N 8:10.7
SS21   Cala Flumini 1 11.77 km   Sébastien Ogier
  Julien Ingrassia
1   Volkswagen Motorsport 7:36.3
SS22   Olmedo monte Baranta 2 11.13 km   Jari-Matti Latvala
  Miikka Anttila
2   Volkswagen Motorsport 7:56.3
SS23   Cala Flumini 2 (Power Stage) 11.77 km   Sébastien Ogier
  Julien Ingrassia
1   Volkswagen Motorsport 7:15.9

Power Stage

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References

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  1. ^ "World Rally Championship - Italy - wrc.com". Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2015-07-12.