Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA
“I don’t know. Usually it is worse (road sweeping) in the afternoon. Keep trying. There is
not much I can do.”
Car 11. NEUVILLE/WYDAEGHE
“We can be quite satisfied with the morning from this road position. I was not able to push
to the maximum. It was really slippery. I didn’t take the big push but it was a decent
stage.”
Car 33. EVANS/MARTIN
“It’s very difficult. The hard have no grip and the soft are moving a lot. We are trying to
work our way round it as much as possible.”
Car 8. TÄNAK/JÄRVEOJA
“I guess everybody had the same tyres. I try to manage them.”
Car 69. ROVANPERÄ/HALTTUNEN
“I was trying to do the best I can. I am struggling with the car way too much now. Maybe
the set-up, I cannot get the feeling. The roads are a bit different. We don’t have service
but we have to do what we can. It’s bad, really bad.”
Car 18. KATSUTA/BARRITT
“It’s going to be tricky. I try to study more now. Some sections I need to push. Some
sections are so smooth and so slippery.”
Car 16. FOURMAUX/JAMOUL
Tied with Evans on the stage. “I have learned that’s sometimes I am using the line like in
tarmac road. Now I need to be in the line of the other drivers to keep the traction. So I
need to have a more tidy line to keep my pace.”
Car 44. GREENSMITH/PATTERSON
Puncture on the rear-left and dropped 47 seconds to Tänak.
Car 6. SORDO/ROZADA
“I am happy. We are different way to manage the tyres. I did not do very well. It’s very
good (with Borja).”
Car 21. BULACIA/OHANNESIAN
“It was a bit difficult. We are struggling with the car We improve a bit but it is not enough. I
am happy to be here.”
Car 22. LAPPI/FERM
“Step-by-step. We made some adjustments before the middle stage and this stage. The
road surface is strange. It feels as though it is packed but there is no grip.”
Car 23. ØSTBERG/ERIKSEN
Stopped for around 90 seconds 4.4km into the stage. “Basically just a puncture. A car
pulled a rock on the road. Nothing I could do really. We had to stop and change.”
Car 24. SUNINEN/MARKKULA
Running in the dust behind Car 23. “Yes it was full of dust. I could not see anything. I
could not drive.”
Car 25. GRYAZIN/ALEXSANDROV
Second overall in WRC2 after the morning’s loop.
Car 31 KRISTENSSON/ARHUSIANDER
After stopping in SS2, he reached the finish of the stage with the loss of over five minutes.