Rally Monte Carlo WRC 2012 – Day 3 Results: Hirvonen Recovers as Loeb leads

Mikko Flying on Day 3

WRC champion Sebastien Loeb has increased his lead in the Monte Carlo Rally to over 2 min after dominating yet another day. Citroen’s Second driver Mikko Hirvonen has closed up on Petter Solberg in his quest to grab the last podium place. The gap between the 2 has went down to 24 seconds. Daniel Sordo has maintained second place and increased the difference to Solberg by over 1 Minute. Per Gunner Andersson remains very impressive on his Proton S2000 in 9th place as Evgeny Novikov continues his impressive form lying 5th on his Fiesta WRC.

Full Standings after Day 3 and SS13:

Pos  Pilot  Car  Time Diff. Penalty
01 LOEB Sébastien (FRA) CITROEN DS 3 WRC 1 3:31:25:200 –:–:– –:–:–
02 SORDO CASTILLO Daniel (ESP) MINI COOPER WRC 37 3:33:37:600 +0:02:12:400 –:–:–
03 SOLBERG Petter (NOR) FORD FIESTA WRC 4 3:34:44:400 +0:03:19:200 –:–:–
04 HIRVONEN Mikko (FIN) CITROEN DS 3 WRC 2 3:35:08:200 +0:03:43:000 –:–:–
05 NOVIKOV Evgeny (RUS) FORD FIESTA WRC 6 3:35:53:400 +0:04:28:200 –:–:–
06 DELECOUR François (FRA) FORD FIESTA WRC 8 3:38:04:300 +0:06:39:100 –:–:–
07 CAMPANA Pierre (FRA) MINI COOPER WRC 52 3:39:10:300 +0:07:45:100 –:–:–
08 TANAK Ott (EST) FORD FIESTA WRC 5 3:40:10:000 +0:08:44:800 –:–:–
09 ANDERSSON Pergunnar (SWE) PROTON SATRIA S2000 33 3:44:46:000 +0:13:20:800 –:–:–
10 ARAUJO Armindo (PRT) MINI COOPER WRC 12 3:46:05:900 +0:14:40:700 –:–:–
11 PROKOP Martin (CZE) FORD FIESTA WRC 21 3:46:07:700 +0:14:42:500 –:–:–
12 ABBRING Kevin (DEU) SKODA FABIA S2000 17 3:46:25:400 +0:15:00:200 –:–:–
13 WILSON Matthew (GBR) FORD FIESTA WRC 9 3:47:34:400 +0:16:09:200 –:–:–
14 SOLBERG Henning (NOR) FORD FIESTA WRC 10 3:49:23:900 +0:17:58:700 –:–:–
15 BREEN Craig (IRL) FORD FIESTA S2000 32 3:51:57:100 +0:20:31:900 –:–:–
16 ROBERT Cédric (FRA) CITROEN DS3 R3T 71 3:57:11:900 +0:25:46:700 –:–:–
17 BURRI Michael (CHE) PEUGEOT 207 S2000 22 3:57:12:600 +0:25:47:400 –:–:–
18 BOUFFIER Bryan (FRA) PEUGEOT 207 S2000 16 3:57:19:400 +0:25:54:200 +1:30
19 BURRI Olivier (CHE) MITSUBISHI EVO X 24 4:00:12:400 +0:28:47:200 –:–:–
20 CHARDONNET Sébastien (FRA) RENAULT CLIO R3 76 4:00:40:300 +0:29:15:100 –:–:–