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Rally: Sebastien Loeb easy leader of the Monte-Carlo

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Khatir Soltani
SS13 was totally dry. Solberg cut a curve and damaged his left front tire. He lost more time to Sordo.

Dani Sordo MINI WRC
Dani Sordo, MINI. (photo: MINI Motorsport)

Hirvonen emerged quickest of all in front of Loeb. But the French champion was taking things easy. “I drove very carefully. I didn't want to make a mistake while driving towards Monaco tonight. There was a lot of mud and dirt on the roads,” said Loeb.

Hirvonen is increasing the pressure, and was now just 23.8 seconds down to Solberg.

Mikko Hirvonen Citroen WRC
Mikko Hirvonen, Citroen DS3. (Photo: Citroen)

Behind Solberg, Evgeny Novikov and François Delecour are running a great event, leading people such as Pierre Campana and Ott Tanak.

Overall classification after Day 3 and SS13:

1. Sebastien Loeb (Citroen DS3)
2. Dani Sordo (MINI JCW) at 2m12s
3. Petter Solberg (Ford Fiesta) at 3m19s
4. Mikko Hirnonen (Citroen DS3) at 3m43s
5. Evgenly Novikov (Ford Fiesta) at 4m28s
6. Francois Delecour (Ford Fiesta) at 6m39s



Khatir Soltani
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