2015 Rally d'Italia
| 2015 Rally d'Italia 12º Rally di Sardegna | |||
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Round 6 of the 2015 World Rally Championship season
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| Host country |
 Italy | ||
| Rally base | Alghero, Sardinia | ||
| Dates run | June 11 – June 14, 2015 | ||
| Stages | 23 (394.63 km; 245.21 mi) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Overall distance | 1,553.11 km (965.06 mi) | ||
| Results | |||
| Overall winner |
 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport | ||
The 2015 Rally d'Italia, held on Sardinia, was the sixth round of the 2015 World Rally Championship season. Sébastien Ogier obtained its fourth victory in this season.
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 Tanak (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. A 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 |
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| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |