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Andreucci retakes Sardinia lead

Paolo Andreucci has reclaimed the Rally Italia-Sardegna lead from Kris Meeke with a masterful performance on the final two stages of leg one

The Italian star won both passes through the Monte Lerno stage this afternoon and evening, and turned his 10-second deficit to fellow Peugeot driver Meeke into a 7.4s advantage heading into day two.

Meeke admitted that he could not get a comfortable feeling on the slippery and narrow stage, but remains close behind Andreucci with six stages to go on Sunday.

Skoda's Juho Hanninen is also still very much in contention. Despite running first on the often dusty roads for much of the day after Sebastien Ogier's early puncture and subsequent engine failure, Hanninen completed the leg within 11.3s of leader Andreucci, and just 4s behind Meeke.

Jan Kopecky is still fourth in the second Skoda, with Thierry Neuville (Peugeot) now clear of top Group N driver Teemu Arminen in fifth.

Following his first stage tyre damage, P-G Andersson has mounted an impressive recovery drive in his Group N Mitsubishi - progressing from 30th to seventh during the course of the day, although next target Arminen is nearly two minutes ahead.

Pos  Driver              Car           Time/Gap
 1.  Paolo Andreucci     Peugeot     1h13m34.2s
 2.  Kris Meeke          Peugeot         + 7.4s
 3.  Juho Hanninen       Skoda          + 11.3s
 4.  Jan Kopecky         Skoda          + 41.2s
 5.  Thierry Neuville    Peugeot      + 2m55.4s
 6.  Teemu Arminen       Subaru       + 3m46.3s
 7.  P-G Andersson       Mitsubishi   + 5m31.7s
 8.  Luigi Ricci         Subaru       + 5m35.4s
 9.  Daniele Battistini  Peugeot      + 5m37.8s
10.  Bruno Magalhaes     Peugeot      + 6m24.0s

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