Car 1, Ogier/Ingrassia
“It was very, very rough.”
Car 2, Latvala/Anttila
“I was surprised by how rough it was. I have to think about the car, but it was generally good.”
Car 3, Meeke/Nagle
“It was unbelievable. Incredibly rough, I don’t know what to say. We were just bouncing about.”
Car 4, Ostberg/Andersson
“It was okay, I had my old tyres – it was pretty much what I expected.”
Car 6, Tanak/Molder
“Compared to the first one it’s really rough. It’s a really tough job for the driver. We had to be as smooth as possible for the tyres and keep nursing them.”
Car 7, Neuville/Gilsoul
“It was very rough, I think I did a good run. I’m quite pleased. As for the last stage, we will have to be careful.”
Car 9, Mikkelsen/ Floene
“Really rough, I was really surprised. We had the car too low, so I tried to save the car. Very rutted and very broken up, it’s really hard for the cars.”
Car 14, Kubica/ Szczepaniak
“It was very difficult stage, a lot of ruts and big rocks. We raised the car a bit and we tried to include ballast. We’ll have to go higher for the next stage. It’s really difficult.”
Car 20, Paddon/Kennard
“Really, really rough. Bottoming out everywhere. It’s hard on the sump guard and hard on the car, we didn’t have the ride-height right, but we don’t know if the next one will be as rough.”
Car 21, Prokop/Tománek
“It was really tough. We had a puncture on the rear so we had to slow down. A lot of sharp rocks. The brakes are fixed now, we just need to try and make the final stage.”
Car 31, Al Rajhi/Orr
“For me it was good. We tried to avoid touching the rocks. The car now is perfect for the next stage.”
Car 32, Lefebvre/Prevot
“It’s incredible. Really difficult. I have no problems now, it’s good for the job. I think we’ll change the setup for the next stage.”
Car 37, Bertelli/Bernacchini
“Had another puncture, no idea where it happened. I stopped to change it. No other problems though.”
Car 40, Ketomaa/Lindstrom
“For me it was like a table, it was perfect! I don’t want to complain!”
Car 41, Fuchs/ Mussano
“Rear right puncture, we stopped to change it. I don’t know what I hit or what happened.”
Car 42, Al-Attiyah/Baumel
Finished with rear-left puncture.
“I think we lost the pressure in the last 4k because I felt the car sliding. It’s really very hard conditions, we really need to raise the car higher. The next one will be rough.”
Car 43, Tidemand/Axelsson
“It was quite okay, but really rough. We took it carefully.”
Car 47, Gorban/Korsia
“The roads are really rough, it’s unread. It’s really hard to drive. A lot of stones, you must be careful.”
Car 49, Hirschi/Landais
“No power, worse than this morning.”
Car 50, Grondal/Eilertsen
“Puncture on front right, after I had a problem.”
Car 71, Parn/Morgan
“I’m driving better than this morning.”
Car 73, Maurin/Klinger
“The road was very rough with ruts and stones. I got a puncture on the back right.”
Car 75, Al-Kuwari/Clarke
“I think the puncture happened at about 6-7k, it was a very bad stage for the car.”
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Car 44, Kremer/Winklhofer
Finished stage with puncture, rear left