Bit of an anticlimax after the dramas of the first loop….the Hyundai drivers moving towards a 1-2 for their team…
After SS17, Neuville leads, Sordo +37.0, Mikkelsen +54.6, Evans +1:04.5, Hirvonen +1:09.4, Østberg +1:21.2
Neuville 11:41.2: “It was okay, tricky on the beginning, but after it got dry the tyre start to overheat a little bit so I try to manage a little bit. We know that the rally is still not finished and will probably get nervous towards the end of the last stage.”
Sordo 11:42.5: “The stage was okay, we just drive. We just feel the car move a little bit.” –
Mikkelsen 11:39.7: “It was quite good on that stage.”
Evans 11:41.1: “We are concentrating on doing our own thing, we are just trying to be clean and tidy. For sure there is time to be had in there.”
Hirvonen 11:36.4 “I will try to push him. I enjoyed, now conditions are a little bit easier, the car was perfect for that.”
Østberg 11:44.4: “It’s okay, at the moment now we need to get to the end.”
In WRC2, a puncture for Julien Maurin; Ott Tänak takes over the lead, Tidemand +6.0, Kremer +49.5, Maurin +2:15.4, Al-Attiyah +6:03.6