Date: Saturday, March 18th
Day: 3 Flash N°:13
Special stage: Derramadero 1 (Live TV) Distance: 21.70 km
Weather: Warm and sunny, 24°C
Road conditions: Dry and dusty
NEUVILLE FASTEST AGAIN; LEADER OGIER MANAGES HIS PACE
Ott Tänak was still getting to grips with the Puma on a stage where Theirry Neuville went fastest again, beat Elfyn Evans and closed to within 10.4 seconds of the Toyota driver in the fight for second overall. Ogier finished just one-tenth of a second behind the Belgian.
Car 8. TÄNAK/JÄRVEOJA
Splitter missing on the car. “We have been trying to learn a bit. It has been a difficult morning. The last
stage was not correct but this one was a bit better. I cannot really find the same language with the car.
Let’s see what the afternoon brings.”
Car 69. ROVANPERÄ/HALTTUNEN
“Pretty okay. Having the hard tyre on the car is quite hard on the first pass. It is quite slippery. There is
not much we can do with the guys behind but at least we are faster than the guys in front.”
Car 11. NEUVILLE/WYDAEGHE
“The target is to go as fast as possible and we have to keep clever as well and keep the car on the road.
The last part we know very well from years before. The grip is changing all the time.”
Car 33. EVANS/MARTIN
“I had a good run at the end there. At the beginning I was a little too careful. I guess that explains the
splits.”
Car 17. OGIER/LANDAIS
“Its even nore safe more driving. Its not a big rock but we try to avoid every rock and be as safe as we
can.”
Car 18. KATSUTA/JOHNSTON
“It’s quite a nice stage and the end part is very high speed. Still quite low grip and it’s not so easy to
drive.”
Car 7. LOUBET/GILSOUL
“ Today we are opening the road. It is a bit tricky and we take maximum experience from that. It is very
difficult and very slippery. We try to enjoy.”
Car 6. SORDO/CARRERA
“Really slippery in some places. The road cleaning effects are more today than yesterday, I need to be
careful and enjoying the drive and bring the car home safely.”
Car 9. SERDERIDIS/MICLOTTE
“The cleaning is there. That’s the game I still have a lot of fun. I like it very much. It’s a nice stage.”