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Meeke plays down surprising shakedown margin

Citroen driver Kris Meeke says he will not get carried away by his stunning shakedown time at the Tour de Corse on Thursday. Meeke blitzed the opposition on the 3.38-mile shakedown stage, beating his nearest rival - Hyundai's Andreas Mikkelsen - by 2.2 seconds. Meeke's team-mate Sebastien Loeb was 5.8s down on the sister C3 WRC. Overnight rain left the test damp, with mud pulled out from the corners meaning the stage got slower with each pass - Meeke's benchmark came on his first shot at the test. But with conditions expected to dry through the event, Meeke expects the gaps to be much closer. "In drier conditions, everybody can trust the grip a lot more," he said. "They were...
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