2015 Rally Italia Sardegna got underway this evening, and after SS1 in Città Di Cagliari, Martin Prokop of Jipocar Czech National Team leads the standings. Prokop was up against Robert Kubica on his run, and was awarded the win when Kubica spun at a hairpin: 'I couldn't shift down, so I used the handbrake and that spun us around.' In second place, 1.3 seconds behind, is Hyundai Motorsport‘s Dani Sordo: 'Everything okay. A difficult stage, slippery in places, we don't want to make a mistake here with such a long day tomorrow.' However, upon watching the replays, the stewards found he had a jump start, and so has picked up a ten-second penalty, meaning he will have to drive very...
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