Date: Saturday, September 15th
Day: 2 Flash N°: 12
Special stage: Datça 2 Distance: 10.70 km
Weather: Hot and sunny
Road conditions: Dry
Car 2. EVANS/BARRITT
“It’s incredible. I put the wishbone (parts used for Ogier’s car) on right otherwise it would
have fallen off by now.”
Car 3. SUNINEN/MARKKULA
“Driving through the stages I try to keep the pace a bit. I try to do as good a job as
possible. Fourth or fifth place would be okay.”
Car 4. MIKKELSEN/JAEGER-SYNNEVAAG
Missed his original start time after working on the car after SS11. He started the stage
behind Henning Solberg and Jan Kopecký.
Car 6. PADDON/MARSHALL
“It’s mayhem out here. It’s quite astonishing to see all the updates. We are going to keep
the same tactic and take it easy. We have a big gap behind.”
Car 7. LATVALA/ANTTILA
“The pressure is fixed. I think it was the heat. The car is working really well. I thought I
drive carefully. The time was better than I thought.”
Car 8. TÄNÄK/JARVEOJA
“I guess in this event you can imagine everything. We sacrificed this stage. Now we have
better tyres for the long one.
Car 11. BREEN/MARTIN
The C3 caught fire after SS11 and has been completely destroyed. The crew are fine. Ott
Tänak used his fire extinguisher, but it was in vain.
Car 81. SOLBERG/MINOR
“We’re sixth overall. Maybe we can make up one more place. One more stage today and I
really concentrate to keep the car on the road. I am very happy with the way it is going.”
Car 21. AL-RAJHI/ORR
Stopped in SS11 and his car suffered fire damage.
Car 61. BERGKVIST/BARTH
Stopped in SS11 and rerouted to SS12.
Car 65. TANNERT/HEIGL
Stopped in SS11 and rerouted to SS12.
Car 72. FERNANDEZ/RIQUELME
Stopped in SS11 and rerouted to SS12.
SS11 was stopped after Car 72 started the stage because of the fire involving car 21.
