MINI has claimed its first stage victory on a world championship rally after Dani Sordo shared the equal fastest time with Petter Solberg on the repeat of the Ungersberg test in his John Cooper Works WRC.
Spaniard Sordo and Norwegian Solberg, in a privateer Citroen DS3 WRC, both recorded a time of 9m04.9s through the 15.45-kilometre run. As a result Solberg [pictured above] continues to hold second overall, 1.2s up on Sordo.
Citroen Total World Rally Team driver Sebastien Ogier continues to lead Rallye de France Alsace. However, his advantage over Solberg has been trimmed to 5.0s after he could only set the fourth quickest time.
Jari-Matti Latvala was the fastest Ford driver, 1.5s slower than Solberg and Sordo. His team-mate Mikko Hirvonen has demoted Mads Ostberg to sixth in the overall classification after going quicker than the M-Sport Stobart driver on the stage.
Henning Solberg has moved ahead of Monster World Rally Team’s Ken Block into 10th place.
Standings after SS6:
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA | Citroën DS3 WRC | 56m16.9s |
| 02 | P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON | Citroën DS3 WRC | +5.0s |
| 03 | D. SORDO / C. DEL BARRIO | MINI WRC | +6.2s |
| 04 | K. MEEKE / P. NAGLE | MINI WRC | +37.0s |
| 05 | M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +1m05.3s |
| 06 | M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +1m06.5s |
| 07 | J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +1m20.6s |
| 08 | A. ARAÚJO / M. RAMALHO | MINI WRC | +1m41.9s |
| 09 | D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +1m48.2s |
| 10 | H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +2m24.3s |
| 11 | K. BLOCK / A. GELSOMINO | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +2m45.7s |
| 12 | E. NOVIKOV / D. GIRAUDET | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +2m47.5s |
| 13 | O. TÄNAK / K. SIKK | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +2m48.0s |
| 14 | M. WILSON / S. MARTIN | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | +2m50.0s |
| 15 | P. CAMPANA / S. DE CASTELLI | MINI WRC | +3m03.5s |