HYUNDAI

Technical: The Hyundai's Accent WRC2 of Alister McRae has performed
reliably today, but Kenneth Eriksson's example lapsed onto two and
a half cylinders for the last seven kilometres of the penultimate
stage. The problem was cured for the final test, however.

Sporting: Kenneth Eriksson ran first on the road again today and
while the veteran Swede tried hard, he wasn't able to haul his Accent
into the top ten. Apart from an engine misfire in one stage this
afternoon, his only real problem during the day was meeting a kangaroo
in the middle of the road as he travelled through SS19 at 160kph.
Alister McRae lost time with a spin in the same stage, but the Scot
still managed to keep his Hyundai in the top ten.

Quotes: Kenneth Eriksson said: "This has been a very frustrating event
for us but we knew it would be that way even before the first stage.
Something has to be done about a system where drivers go into the very
first stage of the rally knowing that they really haven't got a chance
of scoring points or improving their positions."

Alister McRae said: "The spin this morning was annoying because I just
got it wrong at a square left junction. Although I spun the car right
round the dust was so bad that we needed to wait for it to clear before
we could see where we were going! It hasn't been a great event for us
and today's stages really cleaned more than any others in the rally
so our disadvantage was worse. All I can do now is look forward to
my last event for Hyundai in Britain."


OTHER TEAMS

Oman driver Hamed Al Wahaibi finished as the top privateer driver
and claimed 10 FIA Teams Cup points in the process, but Danish driver
Henrik Lundgaard had even more cause to celebrate. The reigning
European Champion finished second in the category (14th overall), and
that was more than enough for the Toyota driver to clinch the Teams Cup
title ahead of Pasi Hagstrom.

Local driver Ed Ordynski triumphed in the Group N category for more
standard machinery, ahead of Argentine driver Gabriel Pozzo and Belgian
Francois Duval.

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UNOFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS

OUTRIGHT

1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 3:17:01,3
2 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 3:17:41,7
3 Auriol Peugeot 206 WRC 3:18:21,4
4 Rovanpera Peugeot 206 WRC 3:18:32,2
5 McRae Ford Focus WRC 3:18:41,3
6 Makinen Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 3:20:04,0
7 Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 3:20:04,0
8 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 3:22:00,5
9 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 3:22:10,3
10 McRae Hyundai Accent WRC 3:24:33,0


GROUP N

1 Ordynski Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 3:34:27,2
2 Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 3:34:48,5
3 Duval Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 3:35:19,0


TEAMS CUP

1 Al Wahaibi Subaru Impreza WRC 3:25:54,7
2 Lungaard Toyota Corolla WRC 3:26:59,7
3 Hagstrom Toyota Corolla WRC 3:28:13,7

 

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