1998 RALLYE
CATALUNYA-COSTA BRAVA
Wednesday 22nd April
LEG 3 - 367.40 km - 6 SS 106.26 km
COMMUNIQUE N° 4
MITSUBISHI LANCER AND CARISMA GT KEEP WORLD RALLY
CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
AND WIN 1-2-3 IN GROUP N IN CATALUNYA RALLY
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart’s new Lancer Evolution and
Carisma GT made a fine start to their rally career with
third and fourth places on the fifth round of the 1998
World Rally Championship, Spain’s Catalunya Rally.
Strong performances from Tommi Makinen, Richard Burns and
Uwe Nittel have given Mitsubishi a clear lead in the
World Championship for Manufacturers, while Burns holds
second place in the drivers’ title race. Mitsubishi
not only brought three cars into the top 10 places, but
took the top three positions in the Group N production
class.
Full Story
FINAL
OVERALL CLASSIFICATION
| 1.
D.AURIOL/D.GIRAUDET |
F/F |
TOYOTA COROLLA |
4.18.36.9 |
Gr-A |
| 2.F.LOIX/S.SMEETS |
B/B |
TOYOTA COROLLA |
4.19.30.3 |
Gr-A |
| 3.T.MAKINEN/R.MANNISENMAKI
|
FIN/FIN |
MITSUBISHI
LANCER |
4.19.46.3 |
Gr-A |
| 4.R.BURNS/R.REID
|
GB/GB |
MITSUBISHI
CARISMA GT |
4.20.10.4 |
Gr-A |
| 5.P.BUGALSKI/JP.CHIARONI |
F/F |
CITROEN XSARA |
4.20.28.3 |
Gr-A |
| 6.G.PANIZZI/H.PANIZZI
|
F/F |
PEUGEOT 306
MAXI |
4.20.44.0 |
Gr-A |
| 7.C.SAINZ/L.MOYA |
E/E |
TOYOTA COROLLA |
4.21.05.7 |
Gr-A |
| 8.F.DELECOUR/D.GRATALOUP |
F/F |
PEUGEOT 306
MAXI |
4.21.24.6 |
Gr-A |
| 9.U.NITTEL/T.THORNER
|
D/S |
MITSUBISHI
CARISMA GT |
4.22.45.6 |
Gr-A |
| 10.R.MADEIRA/N.DA
SILVA |
P/P |
TOYOTA COROLLA |
4.25.24.5 |
Gr-A |
| 20.G.TRELLES/M.CHRISTIE
|
ROU/RA |
MITSUBISHI
LANCER |
4.41.04.7 |
Gr-N |
| 23.M.STOHL/P.MULLER
|
A/A |
MITSUBISHI
LANCER |
4.50.04.5 |
Gr-N |
| 24.G.MENDEZ/C.VILLETE
|
ROU/ROU |
MITSUBISHI
LANCER |
4.51.03.7 |
Gr-N |
Nationality:
A=Austria/
AUS=Australia/ AND=Andorra/ E=Spain/
CZ=Czech Republic/ D=Germany/ F=France/
FIN=Finland/ GB=Great Britain/ GR=Greece/
J=Japan/ MAL=Malaysia/ NZ=New
Zealand// RA=Argentine/ RI=Indonesia/
ROU=Uruguay/ S=Sweden/ T=Thailand/ |
|
Copyright 1998 by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.
