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Michelin timetable 10:03am 12:55pm 12:18pm 12:14pm 10:09am 11:15am 11:18am 3:00pm 6:04pm 4:08pm 6:40pm 4:48pm 9:08am 8:08am 6:03pm 3:59pm 8:35pm 2:42pm 5:20am 6:00pm 5:00pm 9:00am 8:15am 6:00am 1:15pm 8:03am 7:15am 9:20am 5:11pm 9:11am SS10 SS10 SS16 SS16 SS18 SS18 SS15 SS15 SS14 SS14 SS19 SS19 SS13 SS13 SS12 SS12 SS17 SS17 SS11 SS11 SS8 SS8 SS6 SS6 SS9 SS9 SS7 SS7 SS4 SS4 SS3 SS3 SS2 SS5 SS5 SS1 SS1 2019 SATURDAY, JUNE 15 (142.42KM) SATURDAY, JUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 13 (2.00KM) JUNE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, JUNE 14 (124.20KM) FRIDAY, JUNE SUNDAY, JUNE 16 (41.90KM) SUNDAY, JUNE Service/Tyre change, Alghero Service/Tyre change, Alghero Service/Tyre Service/Tyre change, Alghero Service/Tyre Service/Tyre change, Alghero Service/Tyre Service/Tyre change, Alghero Service/Tyre Podium ceremony, Alghero -Argentiera 1 Sassari-Argentiera 2 Parc fermé, Alghero Monte Baranta 2 Baranta Monte Service, Alghero Service, Service, Alghero Service, Service, Alghero Service, Coiluna-Loelle 2 Coiluna-Loelle Coiluna-Loelle 1 Coiluna-Loelle Arena Show Arena Ittiri Monte 1 Baranta Monti di Ala’ 2 Ala’ di Monti Monti di Ala’ 1 Ala’ di Monti Monte Lerno 1 Lerno Monte Cala Flumini 2 Flumini Cala 1 Flumini Cala 2 Castelsardo - 2 Tergu-Osilo Castelsardo 1 Castelsardo Monte Lerno Tergu-Osilo 1 Tergu-Osilo Shakedown Tula 2 Tula Tula 1 40 minutes 40 40 minutes 40 45 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes 15 28.03km 28.03km 10.09km 22.25km 14.06km 14.06km 28.21km 14.62km 28.21km 14.97km 14.97km 14.14km 22.25km 10.99km 14.62km 14.14km 6.89km 6.89km 2.00km 3.92km

LOCAL TIME - SOURCE: WRC.COM - INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE “THE LAST EVENT BEFORE Arnaud Rémy THE SUMMER BREAK IS WRC Programme Manager, NOTORIOUSLY DEMANDING“ Motorsport

“The last event before the summer break is notoriously demanding because of its twisty, narrow stages which are covered in a loose top-coating on top of a particularly hard-packed base that tends to push tyres to the limit, especially when the weather is hot. As we saw last year, though, rain can change all that and make the going extremely muddy and sticky instead! A stage not to miss is Saturday’s ‘Monte Lerno’ which includes the famous Micky’s Jump.”

MICHELIN’S TYRES MICHELIN FOR THE 2019 rally ITALIA SARDEGNA AND RALLYE

Michelin Italia LTX Force SARDAIGNa H4 M6 3 Drivers can use up (hard) (medium) to 28 tyres from Michelin is targeting its 10th Rally Italia

WRC an allocation of 28 Sardegna win as a WRC round LTX Force H4s and 16 LTX Force M6s Michelin has won Rally Italia Sardegna as

Michelin Latitude Cross H90 (hard) et Latitude Cross S80 (soft) 3 Drivers can use up to 26 tyres from an allocation of 26

WRC2 H90s and 16 S80s

a WRC round with Citroën, , Hyundai and Ford Michelin’s Rally Italia Sardegna wins (as a WRC round) Michelin won Rally Italia Sardegna with 2005 2013 2016 Skoda as an IRC round (2010) Loeb/Elena Ogier/Ingrassia Neuville/Gilsoul Citroën Xsara WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai NG i20 WRC Michelin tyres have failed to win only one 2011 2014 2017 stage in since 2011 Loeb/Elena Ogier/Ingrassia Tänak/Järveoja Citroën DS3 WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC RS WRC In 2012, Michelin won a stage in Sardinia 2012 2015 2018 Hirvonen/Lehtinen Ogier/Ingrassia Neuville/Gilsoul with a Skoda Fabia S2000 (Ogier), ahead of Citroën DS3 WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC Coupé WRC all the WRC cars 2019 RALLY ITALIA format SARDEGNA INFO Sardinia is the Mediterranean’s second-biggest island A familiar Rally Italia Sardegna format that visits after Sicily the rough and twisty stages to the north of the island Many of Alghero’s inhabitants are of Catalonian origin. No new stages this year, only some minor adjustments Alghero is the only town in where Catalan is the compared with 2018 official language

Friday’s stages are the hardest-wearing of the week, Sardinia is one of Italy’s four autonomous regions especially Tergu-Osilo

Saturday’s menu includes two long stages: Monti di Ala’ and Monte Lerno

The finishes on Argentiera Beach

The service park is situated on the seafront in Alghero

The stages 70% of Alghero’s fortifications still stand Tula (SS2/6) is identical to 2018, except for 3.7km Alghero sits in the middle of the 180km-long Riviera that are new and 100 metres run in the opposite direction del Corallo Tergu-Osilo (SS4/8) is identical to 2018 Tourism has expanded significantly in Sardinia since the 1960s Castelsardo (SS3/7) is identical to 2018, except for 2.71km that are new Sardinia is only 12km from Corsica

Monte Baranta (SS5/9) is identical to 2018, except for 1.87km that are new MICHELIN GREEN GUIDE

Coiluna-Loelle (SS10/13), Monti Di Ala’ (SS11/14), Explore Italy and its Mediterranean islands with the Monte Lerno (SS12/15), Cala-Flumini (SS16/18) Michelin Green Guide Southern Italy and Sassari-Argentiera (SS17/19) are identical to 2018 THE 2018 WINNERS: / DOWN event MEMORY (Hyundai i20 Coupé WRC) LANE STAGE WINNERS: Neuville (9), Ogier (4), Mikkelsen and Tänak (2), 2011 Suninen, Latvala and LOEB AND CITROËN PRODUCE Lappi (1) WINNING RETURN FOR MICHELIN IN SARDINIA RALLY LEADERS: Ogier (SS1), Mikkelsen (SS2-SS5), Ogier (SS6- SS19), Neuville (SS20)

3 Neuville beat Ogier by seven-tenths of a second, the third-smallest winning margin in WRC history THE 2011 RALLY ITALIA 3 Leg 1’s stages were made slippery by heavy rain SARDEGNA WAS WON BY 3 Martin Järveoja collected the timecard forgot at the end SÉBASTIEN LOEB IN THE NEW of SS19… CITROËN DS3 WRC EQUIPPED WITH THE EQUALLY NEW MICHELIN LATITUDE CROSS. There was plenty to talk about in Sardinia eight years ago, from the debut appearance of the - tended John Cooper Works WRC and the official confirmation of ’s imminent world championship programme in 2013, to the event’s return to the WRC fold. After their victory on the Mediterranean island in 2005, RALLY ITALIA SARDEGNA Sébastien Loeb, , Citroën Racing and Michelin TRIVIA returned to the top of the leaderboard to finish clear of Rally Italia Sardegna succeeded from the Rallye Sanremo Ford/Michelin’s as Italy’s WRC round in 2004 and Citroën DS3 WRC/Michelin privateer . Ott The former Costa Smeralda, the forerunner of today’s Rally Italia came seventh overall in a Ford Sardegna, was a classic European Championship round Fiesta S2000. in the 1980s and 1990s To tackle the roughest and hardest-wearing stages of the Loeb (4) holds the record for the highest number of Sardinia wins, season, Michelin provided its ahead of Ogier (3) partners with an evolution version of its Latitude Cross gravel The Mini John Cooper Works WRC made its WRC debut in Sardinia in 2011 tyre that Michelin Motorsport’s engineers developed in just a few It was in Sardinia in 2011 that Volkswagen/Michelin’s upcoming WRC days. programme was officially announced Entry List #89 6 GAZOORACING WRT #10 HYUNDAI SHELLMOBIS WRT CITROEN-TOTAL WRT #11 #8 #6 #5 #4 #1 Champions 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Race starts49- Wins 2-Podiums 9 Anders Jaeger Race starts105- Wins 3-Podiums 23 Race starts202- Wins 18-Podiums 65 Jari-Matti Latvala Race starts70- Wins 9-Podiums 18 Martin Järveoja Race starts99- Wins 9-Podiums 22 Ott Tänak Race starts54- Wins 0-Podiums 4 Race starts98- Wins 5-Podiums 12 Race starts213- Wins 18-Podiums 65 Race starts89- Wins 1-Podiums 9 Carlos delBarrio Race starts163- Wins 1-Podiums 44 Race starts100- Wins 11-Podiums 38 Nicolas Gilsoul Race starts104- Wins 11-Podiums 38 Thierry Neuville Race starts49- Wins 1-Podiums 5 Race starts49- Wins 1-Podiums 5 Race starts143- Wins 46-Podiums 77 Julien Ingrassia Race starts143- Wins 46-Podiums 77 Sébastien Ogier

(EST) (ESP) (GBR) Hyundai i20Coupé WRC (FIN) (FIN) (NOR) (BEL) Toyota Yaris WRC (FRA) (FIN) (EST) (BEL) (FRA) (ESP) Citroën C3 WRC Citroën (FIN) (NOR) (GBR)

#69 #33 #26 TOMMI MAKINENRACING MP-SPORTS FORD WRT M-SPORT #3 ENTRY LIST LIST ENTRY COMPLETE COMPLETE Race starts33- Wins 0-Podiums 0 Tomi Tuominen Race starts55- Wins 0-Podiums 1 Juho Hänninen Race starts115- Wins 0-Podiums 0 Jan Tomanek Race starts121- Wins 0-Podiums 0 Race starts127- Wins 0-Podiums 4 Race starts83- Wins 1-Podiums 9 Race starts169- Wins 15-Podiums 169 Race starts47- Wins 0-Podiums 1 HERE (GBR) (GBR) (CZE) Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC (CZE) (FIN) (FIN) (FIN) Toyota Yaris WRC (FIN)

wrC DRIVERS’ STANDINGS

Monte-Carlo Sweden Mexico France Argentina Chile Portugal Italy Germany Turkey Great Britain Australia TOTAL 24/01 > 27/01 14/02 > 17/02 7/03 > 10/03 28/03 > 31/03 25/04 > 28/04 9/05 > 12/05 30/05 > 02/06 7/06 > 10/06 26/07 > 29/07 16/08 > 19/08 13/09 > 16/09 4/10 > 7/10 25/10 > 28/10 15/11 > 18/11

1 25+4 0+2 25+5 18+1 15+5 18+4 15+5 Sébastien OGIER (1) (11) (1) (2) (3) (2) (3) 142

2 15+2 25+5 18 8+4 4+1 25+5 25+3 Ott TÄNAK (3) (1) (2) (6) (8) (1) (1) 140

3 18+3 15+4 12+3 25+2 25+3 0 18+4 Thierry NEUVILLE (2) (3) (4) (1) (1) (R) (2) 132

4 0 10+3 15 15 0 12 10 Elfyn EVANS (R) (5) (3) (3) (R) (4) (5) 65

5 8+5 8 10+4 2+5 12 1+1 O Kris MEEKE (6) (6) (5) (9) (4) (10) (R) 56

6 0+1 0 0 10+3 6 10 12+2 Teemu SUNINEN (11) (23) (R) (5) (7) (5) (4) 44

7 12 6 - 4 - 15+2 0 Sébastien LOEB (4) (7) (-) (8) (-) (3) (R) 39

8 10 0 4 1 10+4 0+3 6 Jari-Matti LATVALA (5) (21) (8) (10) (5) (11) (7) 38

9 0 12 0 - 18 6 - Andreas MIKKELSEN (R) (4) (R) (-) (2) (7) (-) 36

10 0 18+1 0+1 6 0 8 0 Esapekka LAPPI (R) (2) (13) (7) (R) (6) (R) 34

11 - - 2+2 12 8+2 - 0+1 Dani SORDO (-) (-) (9) (4) (6) (-) (23) 27

12 - - - - - 4 8 Kalle ROVANPERÄ (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (8) (6) 12

Manufacturers wrC2 pro drivers wrC2 drivers

1 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 202 pts 1 Kalle ROVANPERÄ 86 pts 1 Benito GUERRA 69 pts

2 Mads OSTBERG 83 pts 2 47 pts 2 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 182 pts 3 Lukasz PIENIAZEK 74 pts 3 40 pts 3 Citroën Total WRT 158 pts 4 73 pts 4 Nicolas GRYAZIN 38 pts

4 M-Sport 122 pts 5 Jan KOPECKY 18 pts 5 Alberto HELLER 33 pts

THE 2019 WRC rEGULATIONS Start orders points Day 1 in 2019 Drivers’ championship order, then 1st, 25 points • 2nd, 18 points • 3rd 15 points • 4th, 12 points reverse order of overnight classification 5th, 10 points • 6th, 8 points • 7th, 6 points • 8th, 4 points 9th, 2 points • 10th, 1 point Manufacturers can nominate up to three cars Power Stage points with the two best-placed cars 1st, 5 points • 2nd, 4 points • 3rd, 3 points • 4th, 2 points to score Manufacturer points. 5th, 1 point. MICHELIN’S WRC RANGE WRC TYRE REGULATIONS 2019 season ✓✓The FIA has registered two different tyre manufactures for the 2019 WRC: Michelin and Pirelli

✓✓Car manufacturers must re- ASPHALT TYRES: WINTRY gister the tyre brand they michelin pILOT SPORT ASPHALT: have chosen with the FIA Michelin ✓✓Only moulded tyres are au- Pilot Alpin thorised A4 ✓✓Tyres must be identifiable by a barcode and RFID chip

✓✓Re-cutting or otherwise mo- difying the tread pattern is not permitted

✓✓Only marked tyres are al-

H5 (hard compound) S6 (soft compound) lowed to be used on stages Size: 20/65-18 Size: 20/65-18 ✓✓Tyre pre-heating systems are Conditions: dry stages Conditions: wet, cold conditions non-studded prohibited

✓✓Cars may carry up to two spares

✓✓Tyres may only be inflated using air

✓✓Only one type of dry-weather asphalt tyre (construction + pattern) and two compound options are authorised for SS6 (super soft compound) FW3 (Full Wet) studded the season (a third com- Size: 20/65-18 Size: 18/65-18 pound option is allowed for Conditions: icy, frosty, damp, Conditions: showers, standing Size: 18/65-18 cold conditions water or heavy rain Conditions: ice and/or snow the Rallye Monte-Carlo) ✓✓Just one type of asphalt rain tyre is authorised

✓✓Only one type of gravel tyre (construction + tread GRAVEL TYRES: SNOW/ICE TYRE: pattern) and three com- michelin LTX FORCE michelin X-ICE pound options are autho- NORTH rised for the season (choice of two compounds per event)

✓✓A single type of snow/ice tyre (one compound only) to be fitted to 7x15-inch rims

✓✓A single ‘joker’ change is al- lowed per manufacturer in the course of the season

✓✓Tyre quotas per event for H4 (hard) M6 (medium) S6 (soft) Priority 1 drivers are calcu- X-Ice North 3 Size: 17/65-15 Size: 17/65-15 Size: 17/65-15 lated on the basis of four Conditions: rough, rocky, Conditions: smooth, Conditions: wet, Size: 15/65-15 abrasive surfaces loose surfaces, mud muddy, cold conditions Conditions: ice and/or snow tyres per tyre-change oppor- tunity plus four spares

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Special stage (SS) Service park Special stages (or just ‘stages’) take place The service park (or service area) is a on roads or tracks which are closed to place where work is permitted on the traffic and made secure for competitors cars, including tyre changes. The time and spectators. The length of these timed spent in a service park can vary tests – which can take place in daylight or from 15 to 45 minutes. at night – tend to vary from five to up to 80 kilometres. Regroup ‘Regroups’ are holding zones which Super-special enable the organisers to include a pause This is a short stage generally organised in the timetable, before a service halt, for Road book in a town centre, especially for example, or between two loops of stages. An official road book is given to all spectators. The intention is to Work on the cars is not permitted. competitors before the start of ‘recce’. take the sport to a wider audience It provides a detailed description of and to organise promotional events at Parc ferme the itinerary in the form of detailed the same time. The times recorded count This is the zone where competing cars illustrations of junctions, etc. A towards the official results. park up before the start of a rally and at competitor who doesn’t the end of each leg. Work on the cars is follow the road book may be Power Stage not permitted. disqualified. On every round of the WRC, the last stage of every rally is known as the Power Stage. Time controls (TC) Recce The drivers who post the five fastest times Crews must have their timecard stamped on this test are awarded five, four, three, Recce involves driving over the special by marshals before and after each stage, two and one bonus points respectively. stages at slow speed at the wheel of as well as into and out of service areas The stages are timed to the closest 1,000th road cars ahead of the rally, the aim and regroups. These mandatory passage of a second. being to take turn-by-turn pace notes. controls ensure that competitors Only two passes through each stage are comply with the official Road section authorised. Road sections are the itinerary that crews timetable. must follow to get to the different stages. Course cars (‘triple zero’, ‘double zero’ and ‘zero’) These roads are open to other users and Shakedown competitors must comply with local traffic A shakedown test is organised ahead of Course cars are safety cars which cover legislation at all times. Road sections all WRC events using a short section of a the stages before the competitors. Their must be covered in a time specified by the sample road. This test usually takes place mission is to warn spectators of the organisers. Penalties are incurred for late on the Thursday morning before the start. imminent of the cars. Course cars or early arrival at the next time control. Each priority driver must complete at least bear the numbers ‘000’, ‘00’ and ‘0’ on The penalty for late arrival is 10 seconds three passes. Should the car suffer damage their doors. They pass between 30 and per minute and the penalty for or break down during this test, crews can five minutes before the due time of the early arrival is one still take part in the event if repairs are first competitor. minute per minute. completed in time.