Date: Friday, March 9th
Day: 2 Flash N°: 4
Special stage: Ortega 1 Distance: 17.23 km
Weather: Warm
Road conditions: Dry – stage climbed to over 2,700 metres
Car 2. EVANS/BARRITT
Rolled in the stage and started again with the loss of over two and a half minutes. “Sixth gear, we hit a
bad bump and the car flew in the air. We tried to gather it, but we had no power and the back end came
round and flipped us over quite a few times. We are okay.”
Car 3. SUNINEN/MARKKULA
“It has been difficult to find a rhythm and find the good line. Not so good.”
Car 4. MIKKELSEN/JAEGER-SYNNEVAAG
“The car is a bit strange over the bumps. I’m still retaively new to the car and I’m uncertain what speed
we can go.”
Car 6. SORDO/DEL BARRIO
“I did not do so well this stage. I am not happy. I coud go a little faster in some places. I could go faster
in the car. I am happy for the team. They helped a lot. We will try to continue this.”
Car 7. LATVALA/ANTTILA
“We have the overheating issue on the uphill sections. We have to go into road mode on the uphill
sections. We see what we can do at service.”
Car 8. TÄNÄK/JARVEOJA
“I guess we have same car. Not much difference (engine overheating). I try to manage it. We are taking
really good care of it.”
Car 9. LAPPI/FERM
Engine overheating issues like his team-mates.
Car 10. MEEKE/NAGLE
“A massive moment over a bump. Tricky, I thought the hard tyre was going to work. But it upsets the
balance. When two softs are like jelly compared to the other ones, it upsets the balance.”
Car 11. LOEB/ELENA
“It’s okay. The feeling was good. It is quite hard for the tyres. I didn’t imagine the speed bumps would
be so high. At the moment on the plus side, I am happy.”
Car 31. TIDEMAND/ANDERSSON
“No dramas. A bit slippery The set-up is good and everything is fine. It was nice to drive. I had the
bumps in my pace notes.”
Car 32. HUTTUNEN/LINNAKETO
Flat tyre in SS2. “We spin one time (in SS4). It was very difficult.”
Car 33. ROVANPERÄ/HALTTUNEN
Retired in SS2. “That’s it for the day, after a big jump in the middle of the road and it broke the
radiator.”
Car 35. BULACIA/MUSSANO
“We have a lot of problems with engine temperature in the car.”