Still raining
A lot more standing water in some areas.
Sébastien OGIER best Elfyn EVANS by 3.2s to the stage win.
Ogier’s lead extends to 11.5s.
Nikolay GRYAZIN moves into P2 in WRC2 after Jan SOLANS had a lengthy stop.
Norihiko KATSUTA
“I don’t know. When I put it into first gear, it was second gear when I started for some reason. I have no idea what happened there.”
Kalle ROVANPERÄ
“That was a really really difficult stage. I don’t want to do that again. Obviously we had a lot of rain in the stage and if the weather gets better the water will be less for the others. Let’s hope they don’t get much better conditions as there won’t be much more I can do.”
Grégoire MUNSTER
“I just want to get a top five for the team you know. It has been a tricky season and I just want a good result. The limit between taking the risk to achieve it and bin it is very marginal, I’m trying my best.”
Ott TÄNAK
“It was raining still quite heavy in the beginning and there was more aquaplaning than before. It was a very tricky stage.”
Sami PAJARI
“It was not so nice. It is quite a challenge. If you push you can create more temperature [in the tyres] and a bit more grip but still it is quite far away from the concert zone.”
Elfyn EVANS
“It is tricky in there, tricky as hell. I was not ok at the start I was probably a bit tentative toward the end but ok.”
Sébastien OGIER
“It was a good stage, less water than this morning when I think it was bad to start at the back with the rain. Now it was the opposite.”
Oliver SOLBERG
“Maybe it was better for [Seb] but in WRC2 we are not allowed any more tyres so we have two very bad used tyres and when there is a lot of water it is not great. I took it easy.”
Alejandro CACHÓN
“I tried to not make any mistakes but it is crazy. You are aquaplaning in a lot of places when the speed is high. I tired to be my best.”
Nikolay GRYAZIN
“It is difficult. I’m trying to be smooth and easy but already on this pace we had a few moments but no drama. I hit a soft bank. It is impossible, it is really slippery.”
Jan SOLANS
“I was trying at least but in a narrow, tricky and slow place I did a stupid spin and then we were blocked. I don’t know how many minutes we lost.”
