Leg 2 – Rally Ireland

Leg 2 of Rally Ireland are completed, and Petter is number 5 in the overall classification – but with only seconds up to Hirvonen and Latvala who are 4th and 3rd. Heavy rain all day made the conditions extreme difficult for the drivers, and on the first stage of the day, SS11, 4 cars went off the road – Manfred Stohl being one of them. Sordo had problems on SS12 and lost more than 20 seconds but is still 2nd overall. Sebastien Loeb is still leading the rally and has won 4 of todays 6 stages. Petters team-colleague, Chris Atkinson were fastest on SS14, while Latvala set the fastest time on SS16. Petter drove in to second fastest time on the same stage. Henning restarted again today, after the accident yesterday.

Rally Ireland continues with 4 stages Sunday, first car starts at 0903 local time.

Overall classification Leg 2 Rally Ireland

1. Loeb, Citroen
2. Sordo, Citroen +59,3
3. Latvala, Ford +2.08,8
4. Hirvonen, Ford +2.37,6
5. Petter, Subaru +2.53,8
6. Wilks, Subaru +5.52,0
7. Wilson, Ford +9.23,2
9. Mikkelsen, Ford +13.01,3