2015 Rally Italia Sardegna

The 2015 Rally Italia Sardegna, held on Sardinia, was the sixth round of the 2015 World Rally Championship season. Sébastien Ogier obtained its fourth victory in this season.

2015 Rally Italia Sardegna Rally Italia Sardegna 2015
Round 6 of the 2015 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Italy
Rally base	Alghero, Sardinia
Dates run	June 11 – June 14, 2015
Stages	23 (394.63 km; 245.21 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,553.11 km (965.06 miles)
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport

Entry list

WRC
No.	Entrant	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Tyre
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	Sebastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
2	Volkswagen Motorsport	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
3	Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroen DS3 WRC	M
4	Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Mads Ostberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroen DS3 WRC	M
5	M-Sport World Rally Team	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
6	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Hyundai Motorsport	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
8	Hyundai Motorsport	Dani Sordo	Marc Marti	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Floene	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
20	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
21	Jipocar Czech National Team	Martin Prokop	Jan Tomanek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
37	FWRT s.r.l.	Lorenzo Bertelli	Lorenzo Granai	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
WRC
12	Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Khalid Al-Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroen DS3 WRC	M
14	RK World Rally Team	Robert Kubica	Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
WRC 2
31	Yazeed Racing	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	P
32	PH Sport	Stephane Lefebvre	Stéphane Prévot	Citroen DS3 RRC	M
36	ME3 Rally Team	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Citroen DS3 R5	P
38	Yuriy Protasov	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RRC	P
39	Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Marshall Clarke	Ford Fiesta RRC	P
40	Eurolamp WRT	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Mini Cooper S2000 1.6T	P
41	Nicolas Fuchs	Nicolas Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R5	D
42	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Mathieu Baumel	Ford Fiesta RRC	M
43	Skoda Motorsport	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Skoda Fabia R5	M
44	BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team	Armin Kremer	Pirmin Winklhofer	Skoda Fabia R5	P
45	Skoda Motorsport	Jan Kopecky	Pavel Dresler	Skoda Fabia R5	M
47	Julien Maurin	Julien Maurin	Nicolas Klinger	Ford Fiesta RRC	P
48	F.P.F Sport	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Peugeot 208 T16	P
50	Team Oreca	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	Ford Fiesta R5	M
52	Napoca Rally Academy	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	P
73	ACSM Rallye Team	Bernardo Sousa	Hugo Magalhães	Peugeot 208 T16	H
74	RMC Motorsport	Ramon Torres Fuentes	David Vazquez Liste	Ford Fiesta R5
76	Geronimo Padilla	Geronimo Padilla	Edgardo Galindo	Ford Fiesta R5
77	Scott Pedder	Scott Pedder	Dale Moscatt	Ford Fiesta R5
78	Eamonn Boland	Eamonn Boland	Joseph Morrissey Michael	Subaru Impreza WRX STI
79	Gianluca Linari	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Subaru Impreza STI N15
80	ACSM Rallye Team	Joan Carchat	Claudi Ribeiro Leite	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	H
81	Enrico Brazzoli	Enrico Brazzoli	Maurizio Barone	Subaru Impreza STI N15
WRC 3
69	Renault Sport Technologies	Andrea Crugnola	Michele Ferrara	Renault Clio RS R3T
70	Team Oreca	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Citroen DS3 R3T Max
71	ACI Team Italia	Fabio Andolfi	Simone Scattolin	Peugeot 208 R2	P
72	ACI Team Italia	Giuseppe Testa	Emanuele Inglesi	Peugeot 208 R2	P
Other
83	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	Ford Fiesta R5
84	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	Ford Fiesta R5
85	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	Skoda Fabia S2000
86	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	Ford Fiesta RRC
87	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	Ford Fiesta R5
88	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	Subaru Impreza STI N15
89	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
92	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
93	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
94	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
96	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
97	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	Ford Fiesta R5	D

Report

The rally began with a surprising Martin Prokop winning the Super Special Stage of Cagliari, followed by Dani Sordo (penalized for false start) and Mikkelsen. On the second day, new surprise with Hayden Paddon winning the first Friday 3 sections, and at the end of SS 4 led the rally with 25.3 s lead over Latvala and Ogier on 27.5. In the remaining stages, Paddon controlled the pace, but a slight touch on the last stage reduced the advantage to only 8.8 s, now on Ogier who had exceeded his teammate. Dani Sordo was forced to leave after booting a wheel while Neuville suffered from problems such as turbo and handbrake and finished 6th. Meeke gave-up at SS 2 and Kubica did the same on the next.

It was necessary to reach the SS 17 and a spinning from Paddon for a VW take the rally lead. Ostberg was third, despite having traveled 20 km with a slow tyre leakage, having won 2 PEC before having new slow tyre leakage in the last SS. In this day Mikkelsen (lost a wheel) Sordo (lack of gas pressure), Kubica (3 holes and a stuck gearbox) and Tänak (gearbox jammed when he was 3rd place) dropped out while there were many hardships to Neuville (whipping-top, turbo and steering problems and 40s penalty) and Latvala (hole and crashed shock absorber for 2 sections). At the end of the day Ogier had a huge advantage over Paddon (2m13s) while Ostberg was 3 to 3m25s and Neuville 4th at 3m57s.

For the last day the attention was concentrated in the fight for the last podium spot between Ostberg and Neuville. An outwit from Ostberg (dropped to 5) delivered the 3rd to the Belgian. The power-stage was completely dominated by VW: Ogier, Latvala and Mikkelsen.

Special stages

Day	Stage number	Stage name	Length	Stage winner	Car No.	Team	Time	Rally leader
11 Jun	SS1	Citta' Di Cagliari	2.50 km	Martin Prokop Jan Tománek	21	Jipocar Czech National Team	2:23.7	Martin Prokop Jan Tománek
12 Jun	SS2	Grighine Sud 1	26.31 km	Hayden Paddon John Kennard	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	18:15.0	Hayden Paddon John Kennard
	SS3	Grighine Nord 1	18.34 km	Hayden Paddon John Kennard	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	13:48.1
	SS4	Montiferru 1	14.41 km	Hayden Paddon John Kennard	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	9:47.4
	SS5	Sagama 1	2.58 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	2:09.6
	SS6	Sagama 2	2.58 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	2:07.0
	SS7	Sinis - Mont' E Prama	14.08 km	Ott Tänak Raigo Mõlder	6	M-Sport World Rally Team	7:48.7
	SS8	Grighine Sud 2	22.45 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	15:20.9
	SS9	Grighine Nord 2	18.34 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	13:29.7
	SS10	Montiferru 2	14.41 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	9:28.9
13 Jun	SS11	Ittiri Arena 1	1.40 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	1:28.8
	SS12	Monti di Ala' 1	22.49 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	13:51.2
	SS13	Coiluna-Loelle 1	36.69 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	24:04.1
	SS14	Monte Lerno 1	42.22 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	28:37.4
	SS15	Ozieri-Ardara	7.23 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	4:00.9
	SS16	Ittiri Arena 2	1.40 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	7	Hyundai Motorsport	1:30.0
	SS17	Monti di Ala' 2	22.49 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	13:38.9	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
	SS18	Coiluna-Loelle 2	36.69 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	23:51.7
	SS19	Monte Lerno 2	42.22 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	28:01.5
14 Jun	SS20	Olmedo monte Baranta 1	11.13 km	Hayden Paddon John Kennard	20	Hyundai Motorsport N	8:10.7
	SS21	Cala Flumini 1	11.77 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	7:36.3
	SS22	Olmedo monte Baranta 2	11.13 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	7:56.3
	SS23	Cala Flumini 2 (Power Stage)	11.77 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	7:15.9