Andreas secured 3rd place in the drivers’ standings in Rally Spain
Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene achieved an early final Championships result with seventh place in Spain – no one can push Andreas Mikkelsen out of third place in the drivers’ standings.
October 27, 2014
Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene achieved an early final Championships result with seventh place in Spain – no one can push Andreas Mikkelsen out of third place in the drivers’ standings.
First I’d like to congratulate my team-mates Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia on winning the title. They prevailed despite Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila not making it easy for them. Hats off to them for that performance too. With regard to my own rally, I intended to do more than finish seventh. However, I’m happy with the result. A flat tyre on Saturday cost me more than two minutes on Saturday. If that hadn’t happened I might have made it onto the podium. It was unlucky. Then all that was left was for me to fight Thierry Neuville for sixth place. In the end we lost that battle because we were too late starting the final stage and received a ten second time penalty. But at least we got a point in the power stage – for Ola, who is still fighting for third place in the co-drivers’ standings, says Andreas.
Rally Spain – Final Results
1. Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F), Volkswagen 3h 46m 44.6s
2. Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN), Volkswagen + 11.3s
3. Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN/FIN), Ford + 1m 42.2s
4. Mads Østberg/Jonas Andersson (N/S), Citroën + 2m 13.3s
5. Dani Sordo/Marc Martí (E/E), Hyundai + 2m 22.2s
6. Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul (B/B), Hyundai + 4m 01.0s
7. Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (N/N), Volkswagen + 4m 02.9s
8. Martin Prokop/Jan Tománek (CZ/CZ), Ford + 8m 06.8s
9. Hayden Paddon/John Kennard (NZ/NZ), Hyundai + 9m 12.4s
10. Nasser Al-Attiyah/Giovanni Bernacchini (Q/I), Ford + 12m 39.8s
FIA Rally World Championship (WRC),
Rally Spain – Power Stage Results
1. Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN), Volkswagen 10m 00.1s
2. Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle (GB/IRL), Citroën + 1.7s
3. Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (N/N), Volkswagen + 1.9s
FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), Overall Standings
Drivers’ Championship
1. Sébastien Ogier 242
2. Jari-Matti Latvala 211
3. Andreas Mikkelsen 150
4. Mikko Hirvonen 108
5. Mads Østberg 92
6. Thierry Neuville 91
7. Kris Meeke 84
8. Elfyn Evans 71
9. Martin Prokop 42
10. Dani Sordo 40