The Finnish pilot Mikko Hirvonen yesterday completed a faultless victory in the RALI of Poland, and pass it snatched the leadership of the world championship ralis French Sébastien Loeb, who is now ahead by one point.
Hirvonen, Ford's team, was kept away from the problems in the third round of the competition and ended the day one minute 10.3 seconds ahead of Spanish Dani Sordo, Citroen.
The Finn also Jari-Matti Latvala was the owner of the second position until Saturday, but a clash in the final stage hurt its performance.
Meanwhile, the Norwegian brothers Henning and Petter Solberg finished in third and fourth place respectively.
The world champion Loeb, who suffered a hard crash into a tree with his Citroen during the first day of competition, finished in seventh place, more than 19 minutes of Hirvonen.
"It was a fantastic RALI absolutely perfect from beginning to end. For the first time I won two competitions followed. Who knows, maybe the third win in his personal account in Finland, "said Hirvonen at the close of the evidence.
In the absence of four days for the final world championship, Loeb will have to improve their performance and skills if it is to win his sixth consecutive win in the difficult category.
The day was more problematic than expected. Sordo promised fight, and it was from the beginning.
In the first installment showed partial be faster than its rivals, but certainly that was not enough.
So until he reached a crossroads that was poorly targeted in his notes, it was long and had to return to the correct address.
Ford dropped the pace and breathe, knowing that totaled his third double followed, which also gave them a good push in the world of builders. But still missing error Latvala, something usual in the magazine business.
In the final section was not able to keep their momentum and hit a fence to get into a ditch. There was good and he points to the team.
The next RALI is between July 31 and August 2 in Finland.
