Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA
“I was driving like road mode, so no problem.”
Car 8. TÄNAK/JARVEOJA
“As long as we are faster than Thierry that is okay.”
Car 11. NEUVILLE/GILSOUL
“It was a lot of dust, I pushed very hard. It looks not so bad. Not easy but my pace notes are very good. You can easily miss the line because you cannot see.”
Car 5. MEEKE/MARSHALL
“It is important to put the gap in early. I spoke to Tommi this morning and he said go for it this morning on the first one. It was not easy in the dust. Two-minute gaps. I don’t know.”
Car 33. EVANS/MARTIN
“The dust is so bad in there. I was nearly stopped in a fast place in there. It is almost impossible to see.”
Car 19. LOEB/ELENA
“Conditions were very bad and a lot of dust in the stage. Very tricky this morning.”
Car 4. LAPPI/FERM
Rolled in the stage at a hairpin right. He has a cracked windscreen and front aero
damage. “I started to spin on the hairpin and the inside bank turned us over. It was very
easy to roll. I need to check the car.”
Car 10. LATVALA/ANTTILA
“Surprisingly bad (dust). This forest down here was the worst. I wonder if it is getting worse with the cars.”
Car 3. SUNINEN/SALMINEN
“Really difficult drive. We are finished and the car is okay.”
Car 6. SORDO/DEL BARRIO
“I was saving a little bit the tyres. I was not pushing so much. It was quite dusty in places. The visibility was not so bad.”
Car 44. GREENSMITH/EDMONDSON
“I decided that I had been last on the road and in the middle in the road, so now I am first on the road. I need to gain the experience. I meant to do this.”