Elfyn EVANS wins the stage over Sébastien OGIER by 1.6s. Takamoto KATSUTA ends third, 3.8s behind. Kalle ROVANPERÄ limped through the stage with a damaged left rear suspension and dropped a further 2m50s. Adrien FOURMAUX leads the Hyundai charge as Ott TÄNAK and Thierry NEUVILLE continue to struggle. Neuville alluded to a problem with his car.
Elfyn EVANS
“I like this kind of stage, you can drive in a nice flow. Overall it is difficult in the slow corners.”
Sébastien OGIER
“It was ok. I was bit cautious in this one. I have always had a puncture in here, so I was fearing it a bit. It is not over there is a long rally ahead still. I also enjoy a direct fight that is for sure.”
Kalle ROVANPERÄ
“We managed to do something so obviously it is good we got through but it had to be slow. We will see [ what it will do to our championship hopes].”
Ott TÄNAK
“It is the same all the morning. Let’s see what we can learn this lunchtime. We need to see what the engineers think and I hope they see something.”
Thierry NEUVILLE
“Yeah. We will see. We will go back to service and check. If this thing was working as it should we could get bit more pace but not much.”
Takamoto KATSUTA
“I was very careful in the tricky section, nothing special I didn’t want to take any risk on this stage. It is all part of the plan.”
Adrien FOURMAUX
“To be honest I’m really pleased with my stage and my pace. I really need to drive the car one way to make it turn and be efficient. I really need to change my driving style today and it seems to be working but in the tricky conditions I’m still not comfortable with it. It is quite edgy. For the rest we can be pleased with the performance.”
Sami PAJARI
“There was some slippy section. It was quite tricky. It wasn’t a moment but a few surprises when I was trying to carry some good speed. I decided to play it a little bit safe.”
Grégoire MUNSTER
“It is just driving through. The car is not turning.”
Oliver SOLBERG
“I did a spin and another mistake.”
Gus GREENSMITH
“Just struggling with the front after 10 km. We have a few ideas what to change in service.”
Jan SOLANS
“Trying to be careful on slippy places.”
Alejandro CACHÓN
“Really tricky to be honest. No confidence. But no mistake and the rally is still long.”
Yuki YAMAMOTO
“I just went wide on the entry to the tunnel. I hope for a better afternoon.”
