Date: Friday, September 14th
Day: 1 Flash N°: 7
Special stage: Çiçekli 2 Distance: 12.55 km
Weather: Hot and sunny
Road conditions: Dry and dusty
Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA
“It’s close. Nice to be here. It’s been a tough day. We expected hard conditions in the long
one. The only shame for us was the dust in the morning. I am happy with my day.”
Car 3. SUNINEN/MARKKULA
“There’s a lot of things to learn. A lot of things where I should be fast. A lot of work for next
year.”
Car 5. NEUVILLE/GILSOUL
Slight overshoot in the stage. “I had to put the reverse gear and lost five to six seconds in
the stage. I could have taken the corner but I did not risk it. Only Ogier took an amount of
risks. We reacted and we increased the rhythm but it is a shame for the mistake.”
Car 6. PADDON/MARSHALL
“Really tough conditions. We are driving to a plan to look after the cars. It’s frustrating to
see the times of the guys at the front who are taking risks.”
Car 7. LATVALA/ANTTILA
“It’s not been an easy day. We had no problems and no big mistakes. I think we will be
about 16 seconds from the lead and that is not too bad.”
Car 8. TÄNAK/JARVEOJA
“I did something very different and it is working here. I went lower in the ride height.”
Car 9. LAPPI/FERM
“It is working but tomorrow will be easier. I went lower on the rear.”
Car 11. BREEN/MARTIN
“We had there completely destroyed tyres on the car after a puncture on the stage before.
What can I say?”
Car 31. TIDEMAND/ANDERSSON
Lost another 50 seconds in SS6 with a rear puncture and had no spare.
Car 34. HELLIER/OLMOS
Stopped in SS6.
