Opening day of ADAC Rallye Deutschland [i.e., Rally Germany as most of us know] being the first of the proper tarmac rally of the WRC season, was also the home event of Volkswagen Motorsport. The grand ceremonial flag off was held in the city of Cologne in front of the historic Cathedral, late in the afternoon.

The brilliant itinerary accommodated SS2 en-route [a few kilometers down the road from the end of SS1], which ended almost near to the Service Park in Trier, Germany. The stage results were virtually the same of the first one and it just parted the gap with the top 5.
Today's stages were mostly over the plains, however tomorrow's [Friday] action shifts to the tight and fast roads around the vineyard. It is surely going to be a good fight with the VW boys and the tarmac loving drivers.
Pos | No | Driver | Time | Diff / Prev | Diff / 1st | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 8 | S. OGIER | 19:33.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2. | 7 | J. LATVALA | 19:38.9 | +5.7 | +5.7 | |
3. | 11 | T. NEUVILLE | 19:45.9 | +7.0 | +12.7 | |
4. | 3 | D. SORDO | 19:53.7 | +7.8 | +20.5 | |
5. | 2 | M. HIRVONEN | 19:58.9 | +5.2 | +25.7 |
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2013
ADAC Rally Deutschland
Citroen Abu Dhabi Total WRT
Citroen DS3 WRC
FIA
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Latvala
Mikko
Neuville
Ogier
Qatar M-Sport WRT
Rally Germany
Sordo
VW Motorsport
VW Polo R WRC
WRC