Italy WRC: Neuville clinches victory as Ogier tops Power Stage

Thierry Neuville took the second WRC win of his career after making it through the final two stages of Rally Italia Sardegna safely.

The Hyundai driver took his ninth stage win of the event in the second run of Cala Flumini before cruising through the Power Stage, which was won by Sebastien Ogier.

The championship leader salvaged three extra points despite making a small mistake at a hairpin, with Kevin Abbring and Jari-Matti Latvala completing the top three, the Dutchman scoring his first WRC points.

Latvala ended up second overall followed by Ogier and Dani Sordo, the duo continuing to score in every rally of the season.

Ott Tanak matched his team DMACK's top finish in fifth, with fellow Ford drivers Eric Camilli and Henning Solberg behind him.

Teemu Suninen took his second WRC2 victory of the season in eighth, followed by rivals Jan Kopecky and Karl Kruuda.

Final standings

Pos.	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai	3h35m25.8s
2	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen	+24.8s
3	Sebastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen	+1m37.8s
4	Dani Sordo Marc Marti	Hyundai	+2m54.0s
5	Ott Tanak Raigo Molder	Ford	+5m26.4s
6	Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas	Ford	+5m59.8s
7	Henning Solberg Ilka Minor-Petrasko	Ford	+6m22.2s
8	Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula	Skoda	+8m57.4s
9	Jan Kopecky Pavel Dresler	Skoda	+9m47.0s
10	Karl Kruuda Martin Jarveoja	Ford	+13m28.5s

Points standings

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Sebastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen	132 pt
2	Dani Sordo Marc Marti	Hyundai	68 pt
3	Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jaeger	Volkswagen	67 pt
4	Mads Ostberg Ola Floene	Ford	58 pt
5	Hayden Paddon John Kennard	Hyundai	57 pt
6	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen	56 pt
7	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai	48 pt
8	Ott Tanak Raigo Molder	Ford	34 pt
9	Kris Meeke Paul Nagle	Citroen	26 pt
10	Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas	Ford	22 pt