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Rally Italia Sardegna 2015 counts for:
2015 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2015 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2015 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2015 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 537th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 6 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Italia Sardegna |
| Edition: | 12th |
| Date: | from Thursday 11-Jun-2015 to Sunday 14-Jun-2015 |
| Rally HQ: | Alghero, Sardinia; Italy |
| Clerk of the Course: | Lucio de Mori |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 61 | |
| Starters: | 53 | |
| Finishers: | 41 | (77.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 23 | |
| Shortest: | 1.40 | km | (SS11 Ittiri Arena 1) |
| Longest: | 42.22 | km | (SS19 Monte Lerno 2) |
| Slowest: | 56.00 | km/h | (SS16 Ittiri Arena 2) |
| Fastest: | 108.15 | km/h | (SS7 Sinis - Mont' e Prama) |
| Planned stage distance: | 394.63 | km | (25.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 394.63 | km | (25.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,158.48 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,553.11 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 28th win and 40th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 1st podium for Hayden Paddon. |
| Third place was 12th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 28th win and 59th podium for Volkswagen. |
| | Second and third places were 6th to 7th podiums for Hyundai. |
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As a championship leader, Ogier was doomed to sweep the roads for two first days. As usual, this did not stop him from winning but the win and especially the 3 min winning margin is mostly due to fact that everyone else was plagued with at least one major problem.
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Star of the rally was not the winner but Hyundai's second team driver Hayden Paddon. He took full use of swept roads, shot to lead from stage two and held it until noon next day. It is likely that he would have lost the lead anyway, but he hastened it by spinning and stalling on SS17.
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Both Ford drivers had transmission problems but Evans fared better, having only to cope with drive shaft problems and finished fourth. Tanak lost much more time when his gearbox seized to sixth gear.
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Citroen's fortunes took deep dive on SS2 when Meeke went off and retired, eventually finishing 24th. Ostberg soldiered on and was on course to finish on podium until he lost brakes after an off and dropped to fifth.
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Related links
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Portugal 2015
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Rally Poland 2015
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