WRC
JWRC: Citroen Rally Jordan final leg summary
Victory and second place for the C2 Super 1600 The very first Jordan Rally was an important event for the country but also an extremely tricky rally for the Juniors. After three days of action not far from the Dead Sea, Sebastien Ogier in his ...
Published: Apr 29, 2008, 10:47 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Victory and second place for the C2 Super 1600
The very first Jordan Rally was an important event for the country but also an extremely tricky rally for the Juniors. After three days of action not far from the Dead Sea, Sebastien Ogier in his Citroen C2 Super 1600 run by PH-Sport, took the class win. In the C2 Junior Experience, Shaun Gallagher was first and put his Citroen C2 Super 1600 on the second step of the podium.
"I'm very pleased with our result it goes to show that consistency pays!" said Shaun Gallagher at the end of the rally. "We were able to manage our rally and the way in which we drove the car very well. The C2 Super 1600 proved itself to be very competitive and resisted the heat very well, just as we had to. The last leg was not at all easy. On the longest stage we had no grip at all and the important thing was to keep up the right rhythm in order to complete the 135 competitive kilometres of the day. This second place is the result of some excellent work from our team, and we sincerely hope to repeat it on the events that are still to come." The Irishman, who is not at all used to conditions in the Middle East, perfectly achieved his objective of finishing in the top three.
Jean-Francois Lienere, in charge of Citroen Sport's customer competition department, explained: "Sebastien et Shaun's results have underlined the performance of the C2 Super 1600. There was a lot of strong competition, with 15 rivals against which the Citroen C2 drivers were able to measure themselves. Preparing for this rally was very tough, as we really didn't know a lot about the characteristics of the terrain. So we're very happy with the result here."
In the C2-R2 MAX, which was making its debut on the World Rally Championship, Hans Weijs Jr. got off to a good start by occupying fifth place and leading his class at the end of day one. Samuel Barraud, who works in the technical department of the customer competition division, commented: "Hans showed his potential immediately despite some electrical problems and an off on the second day. But two punctures on SS17 didn't help his cause, so he ended up a long way down the order. And to finish, he retired in the last special stage."
In his C2-R2, Francesco Fanari had a gearbox breakage at the start of the race. He set off again under the SupeRally system on Saturday but was forced to retire on SS10 with an overheating engine. The final day went much better for him, but the gaps were too big for the Italian to make up more places.
Outside the C2 Junior Experience, Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia gave another victory to the C2 Super 1600. While fighting for the lead of the rally with Patrick Sandell from the start, the French crew encountered a few technical problems that dropped them to sixth. Thanks to a controlled and consisted drive, the FFSA-backed driver was quickly back to the front, and took the lead of the Junior category on SS17. This victory has put the Frenchman into a dominant lead of the Junior World Rally Championship, with nine points over Shaun Gallagher in second. <pre> Jordan Rally `Junior' classification, end of day 3* 1. S.Ogier/J.Ingrassia (Citroen C2 Super 1600) 4h 29 min 57,8s 2. S.Gallagher/M.Morrissey (Citroen C2 Super 1600) + 5 min 00,1s 3. G.Schammel/R.Jamoul (Renault Clio R3) + 7 min 31,6s 4. F.Niegel/A.Kachel (Suzuki Swift S1600) + 20 min 19,6s 5. S.Albertini/P.Capolongo (Renault Clio) + 21 min 00,8s 6. S.Bertolotti/D.Vernuccio (Renault Clio) + 21 min 16,3s 7. A.Cortinovis/G.Guzzi (Renault Clio) + 28 min 47,3s 8. M.Komljenovic/A.Jeremic (Renault Clio R3) + 1h 06min 33,4s 9. F.Fanari/M.Bosi (Citroen C2-R2) + 1h 12 min 38,2s
FIA Junior Championship classification, after Jordan Rally* 1. Sebastien Ogier : 20 pts 2. Shaun Gallagher : 11 pts 3. Jaan Molder : 8 pts 4. Michal Kosciuszko : 6 pts 5. Gilles Schammel : 6 pts 6. Aaron Burkart : 5 pts 7. Florian Niegel : 5 pts 8. Patrick Sandell : 4 pts 9. Stefano Albertini : 4 pt 10. Simone Bertolotti : 3 pts 11. Martin Prokop : 2 pts 12. Andrea Cortinovis : 2 pt 13. Francesco Fanari : 1 pt 14. Milos Komljenovic : 1 pt
* Subject to the official publication of the results by the FIA and to routine fuel analysis
-credit: citroen
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Rally Jordan: Suzuki final leg summary
Next article JWRC: Suzuki Rally Jordan event summary
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Martin Prokop
Ostberg, Prokop to form WRC team with 2017-spec Fords
WRC
WRC
Ostberg, Prokop to form WRC team with 2017-spec Fords
Kubica suffers early suspension failure in Mugello 12 Hours
Endurance
Endurance
12 Hours of Italy
Kubica suffers early suspension failure in Mugello 12 Hours
Overdrive Racing and Toyota Gazoo Racing finish gruelling Dakar Rally
Dakar
Dakar
Dakar 2016
Overdrive Racing and Toyota Gazoo Racing finish gruelling Dakar Rally
More from
Citroën World Rally Team
Citroen reveals new-look 2025 WRC line-up
WRC
WRC
Rally Monte Carlo
Citroen reveals new-look 2025 WRC line-up
Ostberg gets full WRC2 season with Citroen
WRC
WRC
Ostberg gets full WRC2 season with Citroen
Citroen open to making WRC car available to privateers
WRC
WRC
Citroen open to making WRC car available to privateers
Latest news
Supercars Sandown: Sunday win sets up Matt Payne for title challenge
Supercars
SUPC Supercars
Sandown 500
5 min
Supercars Sandown: Sunday win sets up Matt Payne for title challenge
How Kyle Larson can lose the NASCAR Cup championship at Homestead
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Martinsville II
3 h
How Kyle Larson can lose the NASCAR Cup championship at Homestead
Justin Allgaier praised for his impact as leader and mentor in NASCAR O'Reilly garage
NASCAR O'Reilly
NOAP NASCAR O'Reilly
Homestead-Miami
4 h
Justin Allgaier praised for his impact as leader and mentor in NASCAR O'Reilly garage
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe