Date: Friday, September 14th
Day: 1
Flash N°: 3
Special stage: Ula 1
Distance: 21.90 km
Weather: Warm and sunny
Road conditions: Dry and dusty
Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA
“It was okay because there was no dust in this one. I cannot be happy. We were too
slow.”
Car 2. EVANS/BARRITT
“It was going well. We have an issue. I don’t know. We need to look at it…” Fluid leaking
from the car at the stage finish. The Welshman is working on his car after the stage finish.
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“It looks as though it is a rear differential problem. It’s probably taken an impact and
smashed the casing. We are going to have to retire the car for the day.”
Car 3. SUNINEN/MARKKULA
“It’s really tough and a lot of rough places. The beginning was a bit better than the last
one.”
Car 4. MIKKELSEN/JAEGER-SYNNEVAAG
“I tried to save the tyres a bit for the next stage. It’s getting really rough. The second pass
will be carnage. We are also putting in the notes where it will be rough for the second
pass.”
Car 5. NEUVILLE/GILSOUL – fastest time
“It’s horrible conditions to be first honest. There are no lines and you are spinning the
wheels. There was 2.5km difference on the trip on the last one because of wheel spin.
More dry in this one. I try to do a good stage. The car felt quite okay, but a huge amount
of cleaning.”
Car 6. PADDON/MARSHALL
“Really rough and not really sweeping. The rough parts are becoming loose. It wasn’t the
best stage.”
Car 7. LATVALA/ANTTILA
“I thought to back off. I didn’t drive well to the end. I was too cautious. It was not as rough
as I expected. That is where I lost the time.”
Car 8. TÄNÄK/JARVEOJA
“It seems a lot (time). When it gets rough I cannot get grip and I am really struggling.”
Car 9. LAPPI/FERM
“It gets really rough in the end. I wanted to be safe and come to the finish. It is so hard to
know what speed when you cannot break the car. I was too slow.”
Car 10. ØSTBERG/ERIKSEN
“It’s getting rough. The start is quite nice and the end is not so easy. It’s quite close which
surprised me in a stage like that.”
Car 11. BREEN/MARTIN
“It was worse (rough). I probably backed off too much in places. It’s difficult to know what
speed to go at. It’s a long way to go and we are still here, so…”
Car 36. KAJETANOWICZ/SZCZEPANIAK
Lost power steering early in SS2.
Car 38. BOSTANCI/VATANSEVER
Stopped in SS2.
PHOTO- WILLY WEYENS
