FLASH NEWS

DATE: June 7  2025 |   FLASH N°: 11
DAY: 2
STAGE: SS11  LERNO - SU FILIGOSU 2 | STAGE LENGTH: 24,34km
WEATHER: Sunny
ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry                 

Car #55 J.Mcerlean - E. Treacy (Ford Puma Rally1): "Compared to the first pass there were big ruts now. It is so warm in here"

Car #13 G.Munster - L. Louka (Ford Puma Rally1): “[Josh] is opening the road, so for sure it is not easy for him. We are trying things out for Greece. It is very specific, for sure not suiting here. It is the only thing we have to do today. It is good to be in front"

Car #1 T. Neuville - M.Wydaeghe (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): “We will see for tomorrow. If we do not get a better road position I do not think there are possibilities for good points tomorrow. We are here now to try, there is not much more to take from the weekend, only a few points tomorrow... will go for it"

Car #9 J.Serderidis - F.Miclotte (Ford Puma Rally1): “It was rough. Much more rough. Still enjoyable, unfortunately we do not have the handbrake. We lost a lot of time we almost stalled two times. But it enjoyable"

Car #18 T. Katsuta - A. Johnston (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “I got a puncture in the previous stage. Just trying to find a good feeling with the car. At the moment I feel quite good confidence and the car is working well. I am trying to fine tune to get even better confidence for tomorrow. It will be very very rough"

Car  #33 E. Evans - S. Martin (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “There was an exposed rock, in the tarmac section I tried to go around it. Probably I made it worse trying to go around it, it is like that" [changed front right wheel]

Car #69 K.Rovanpera - J. Halttunen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “Super super rough. I just tried to keep a good pace but trying to avoid all the rough parts. So many surprises.. it is very rough"

Car #5 S.Pajari - M.Salminen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “I hit some rocks in the line. I tried to drive it to the finish, but it started to do a bad noise. So I needed to change the wheel and lost quite a lot. Let's see"

Car #8 O. Tänak - M. Järveoja (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): “For me it was clean. I was very clean and had no trouble. Quite a sketchy moment with Pajari, after a fast corner ... the only thing to hit for me were the rocks. We have a system to warn us, but nothing came up... no marshals no warning"

Car #16 A. Fourmaux - A.Coria (Hyundai i20 N Rally1) [rolled, crew OK]

Car #17 S. Ogier - V. Landais (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “It was a good stage. We lost some time again with Adrian blocking the road, probably we will have a similar time like Ott"

Car #29 N. Gryazin - K. Aleksandrov (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2): "Terrible. I do not know what changed from the first pass. It is not rhythmical... we need to check the tyres, it is so demanding for the tyres. There are too many stones"

Car  #34 E. Lindholm - R. Hamalainen (Skoda Fabia RS RAlly2): "It was maybe 10km in, it started cutting out the voice and she disappeared completely. She has a strong voice, but not strong enough over the gravel... we swapped intercom mid stage but still there were some distortions" [switched intercom]