Sébastien Loeb and Isabelle Galmiche continue to dominate the Rallye Monte-Carlo 2022 by also winning Special Stage 6, the Roure / Beouil 2 of 18.33 kilometers, thus signing the fourth consecutive scratch today.
The French crew of the M-Sport Ford team have won all four races so far, showing a remarkable superiority over all rivals. Their starting position in practice made all the difference in the morning, but now the situation is fairer. Despite this, Loeb continues to sign the overall best times.
In the first afternoon test, Loeb beat Sébastien Ogier and Benjamin Veillas, second in the GR Yaris Rally1, with a 2 “9 margin, and Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin, also official drivers of the Toyota team, with 3” 9.
If Loeb continues to increase his lead over his rivals – now at 14 “5 – Ogier has recovered and moved to 1” 4 from second place, now in the hands of team-mate Evans. This promises to be a good duel between the two teammates, although it should not be forgotten that Evans will have to fight for the drivers’ title, while Ogier will only make a few commercial appearances in this world championship.
Loeb continues to show the qualities of the Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid EcoBoost by pushing to the maximum, as he himself admitted at the end of this test, but the other M-Sport drivers still in the race are no less. The fourth special place obtained by Gus Greensmith was splendid, who had remained without the help of the hybrid in the PS5, while now he has shown that he is really another driver compared to the imprecise and almost fearful one of the last 2 years.
Craig Breen, on the other hand, seems to be the driver who is struggling the most among those at the wheel of a Puma, but the Northern Irishman, we remember, has not raced in Monte-Carlo for several years and, to do well in a rally like this , experience counts and not a little.
They improve the Hyundai compared to this morning’s passage in the same special stage, but it is clear that the i20s have understeer and balance problems, which are slowing down both Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak.
WRC – Rallye Monte-Carlo 2022 – Ranking after PS6
Pos. | Pilot / navigator | Car | Time / posting |
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1 | Loeb / Galmiche | Ford Puma Rally1 | 1h04’38 “1 |
2 | Evans / Martin | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | +14 “5 |
3 | Ogier / Veillas | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | +15 “9 |
4 | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | +49 “1 |
5 | Breen / Nagle | Ford Puma Rally1 | +54 “2 |
6 | Tanak / Jarveoja | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | +56 “0 |
7 | Greensmith / Andersson | Ford Puma Rally1 | + 1’01 “4 |
8 | Katsuta / Johnston | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | + 1’34 “6 |
9 | Rovanpera / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | + 2’08 “8 |
10 | Solberg / Edmondson | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | + 2’13 “6 |
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