Rain not as severe. Sébastien OGIER wins the stage by 1.0s from Elfyn EVANS to extend lead to 6.7s
Ott TÄNAK suffers front right puncture. Alejandro CACHÓN has a spin but continues.
Takamoto KATSUTA
“This one was not so bad, there was quite consistent grip. But in places it was a bit more slippery than expected, there were a few surprises. But compared to first one it was a bit easier. It was ok.”
Kalle ROVANPERÄ
“It was quite ok. Everyone has done this stage last year and it was a new stage for me. It was not so easy with the notes. I tried to push but the time seems quite bad. We have done tt once so we will try to learn from it.”
Grégoire MUNSTER
“It is not a rain tyre, it can go straight in the bin. It is very difficult, it is just playing poker with the water. At some point the tyre is there and suddenly it disappears so it is about how much risk you want to take
Ott TÄNAK
“I was far too positive about the tyre in the last one. I knew there was a small lip [in the road] and the recce tyres it was ok, but with the rally car tyres not so much.”
Sami PAJARI
“I’m not thinking about it too much, there are still some really tricky stage to do. Anything can happen until the last metre.”
Elfyn EVANS
“The grip was very high so it was difficult to find the limit in a sense because you can carry so much speed. There was room to be more brave.”
Sébastien OGIER
“I was not necessarily braver but it was a clean drive. Conditions were better now. In the first stage we had quite have rain at the start and we had massive aquaplaning. I lost a lot at the beginning. Hopefully we don’t get hit too much by this weather and mother nature like in Paraguay. We need to win this day and we need to win the rally.”
Oliver SOLBERG
“The first one this morning was crazy tricky there were so many surface changes and the grip was changing all the time. I took it very easy in there and it was the first time driving on the tyre and this car in the wet. There is a bit to learn but the car was better in here, so I could drive a bit like normal.”
Alejandro CACHÓN
“We had a big moment and we had a spin and I lost a lot of time. It is what it is. The conditions are really tricky. It is what it is.”
Nikolay GRYAZIN
“I don’t feel the grip at all. I don’t know why. We are working the whole sand understeering and oversteering. I tried to manage it but somehow it is not working at all.”
Jan SOLANS
“We will see and we will keep pushing until the end. It seems today we have the pace, we have found a good set up and feeling in the condition and I am enjoying quite a lot. We will keep pushing.”
