Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA
“It’s not the same story as last year. I am flat out and I cannot do more.”
Car 2. EVANS/BARRITT
“It’s a good start. Pushing hard to do that. I worked on a few things and the feeling was okay in the car. I was able to push.”
Car 3. SUNINEN/MARKKULA
“I tried. It is a new car for me on these stages. I did some mistakes. Let’s be fast in the next one.”
Car 4. MIKKELSEN/JAEGER-SYNNEVAAG
“The feeling was very good. The car is working nice. There is a bit more speed to come. I am quite happy with that stage.”
Car 5. NEUVILLE/GILSOUL
“With the dust hanging in some sections. I did not take enough risks. It’s the first stage. I had to slow down a couple of times.”
Car 6. PADDON/MARSHALL
“The feeling was terrible. I did not have the balance of the car. It was not good. The time is good, but from the driving perspective it was very ugly. The road is sweeping, which is helping us. We have to improve on that.”
Car 7. LATVALA/ANTTILA
“I can see I have been missing the driving. I did not drive enough in Argentina. I need to do more kilometres now. I wanted to be a bit more cautious after I saw Ott.”
Car 8. TÄNÄK/JARVEOJA
Stopped in the stage with high oil temperature after being the fastest of the first three drivers at the opening split at 4.67km.
Car 9. LAPPI/FERM
“I don’t know. I tried. Not brave enough. The car feels good. I’m just too bad, not enough.”
Car 10. MEEKE/NAGLE
“Important thing is the feeling. First time in this C3 I have really felt at home. Let’s try and build a rhythm.”
Car 11. BREEN/MARTIN
“Mediocre! Definitely better than yesterday. Not pushing 100%. I am quite happy with that right now.”
Car 12. ØSTBERG/ERIKSEN
“It’s not bad. The beginning of the stage was very nice but I hit a rock about half way through. After that the car was not nice I thought I might have lost some pressure in the diff. I hope I have not done any damage.”
Car 16. SORDO/DEL BARRIO
“It is normal the road is coming better and better. I have a good feeling with the car like Argentina and Mexico. We will see the next stages.”
Car 21. AL-RAJHI/ORR
“It was a very fast stage. It was slippery and risky if you are out of the line. We tried to take no risks.”
Car 31. TIDEMAND/ANDERSSON
Finished the stage with a rear-right puncture. “I don’t know how it happened. It started 15km into the stage. It was a nice stage but it doesn’t help when you have a puncture.”
Car 64. FOLB/BRONNER
Had an ECU issue on the super special stage on Thursday.