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A 2.27km stage to complete Thursday’s stage action in Finland and Jari-Matti Latvala leads overnight, Ogier +4.5, Meeke +9.2, Hänninen + Hirvonen +26.4, Mikkelsen +27.2, Østberg +30.9, Neuville +38.8, Prokop +1:09.4, Solberg +1:13.8, Evans +1:14.8…
Latvala collected a hay bale on the 2.27km Harju stage and dropped 0.8 to hs VW teammate and rival Sébastien Ogier… but he leads ahead of Friday’s stages. Latvala saying it was not a perfect day, but he has more to come…Ogier admitting to a slight mistake at one corner – his time of 1 minute 46.1 was fastest. Meeke 1:47.3: “Really good…I’m delighted to be here…really nice to be on the speed but we have 3 days to go…4 [stages] down, 22 to go…” Hirvonen 1:48.9: “Could have been better – still 3 days to go” Hänninen loses fourth to Hirvonen on this stage 1:50.0: “I had to slow down on the straight so not that good” Mikkelsen 1:48.3: “Little bit sideways here and there…not a good stage for me…OK starting days, I’ve had better” Østberg 1:48.1, 2 seconds slower than Ogier on the stage…Neuville 1:48.4: “We struggle a little bit with the pace notes…on the last stage the chicanes are destroyed, there is gravel everywhere…different stage” Neuville 1:48.4: “We struggle a little bit with the pace notes…on the last stage the chicanes are destroyed, there is gravel everywhere…different stage” Prokop 1:51.8: “The last corner we hit a tyre wall or something, so I hope the car is OK” Solberg 1:51.6: “The car is very good…I had a puncture but that is rally” Evans 1:50.2: “We tried to be quite clean…good night’s sleep…plenty to work on for tomorrow” Source: irallylive.com
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