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novembre 18, 2018 - Citroen Racing

WRC - MADS OSTBERG BAGS FINAL PODIUM SPOT IN AUSTRALIA!

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Sun, 18/11/2018 - 06:15

Mads Østberg and #torsteineriksen successfully negotiated the many difficulties posed by Sunday's tricky final leg to claim a fine third place. In doing so, they built on the team's win at the last round in Spain and confirmed its strong second part of the season! Meanwhile, #craigbreen and Scott Martin finished seventh overall.



Forecast to hit the stages for several days, rain finally put in an appearance on Sunday's leg. Longer than usual to start with (83.96km of timed stages) and mainly contested through the west coast's tropical forests on narrower and more technical roads, the rain just made the conditions even tougher. 

Despite the many difficulties, #madsostberg was not one of the numerous drivers to be caught out by the conditions. Quite the opposite, in fact, as the Norwegian showed all of his experience, initially securing fourth place by extending his lead over the fifth-placed driver to 12.0s on the day's first two stages. He then went one better on the penultimate speed test. He grabbed the third fastest time on stage, just 4.0s off the pace (over 19.27km), as one of the title contenders went off, meaning he moved up to third position. He therefore claimed his second podium of the season, adding to his runner-up spot in Finland. It was also Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT's fifth podium of the year, following Sweden (2nd), Mexico (3rd), Finland (2nd) and the win in Spain. 

First to tackle the treacherous stages thanks to his unfavourable road position in leading the running order, #craigbreen was caught out a few times by the slippery conditions. He nonetheless made it to the end in seventh place, whilst also gathering experience and collecting information for the team

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