STAGE FLASH

DATE: 08 June | FLASH N°: 14
DAY: 3
STAGE: SS14 Porto San Paolo 1 | STAGE LENGTH: 13,70
WEATHER: Sunny
ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry

Car #55 J.Mcerlean - E. Treacy (Ford Puma Rally1): "One of the slowest of the rally. Proper technical, a lot of sharp corners. High grip, but it gets quite tricky towards the end, it is a typical Sardinia powerstage"

Car #13 G.Munster - L. Louka (Ford Puma Rally1): [The damage on the car?] "It is just so loose, the car is never stopping to slide. We hit a small stone, nothing major just a loose stone"

Car #16 A. Fourmaux - A.Coria (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): "There is no grip. It is really sandy at the same time, quite narrow and there are rocks everywhere. A little bit of hanging dust at the beginning, but after it was clean"

Car #1 T. Neuville - M.Wydaeghe (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): [Same time as Fourmaux, but at the beginning you were 4s ahead. What worked at the start but not at the end?] "Everything worked to be honest. I do not know if it got more loose or something. We had a good stage and the same rhythm always"

Car #9 J.Serderidis - F.Miclotte (Ford Puma Rally1): "It is really fun. Jumping all the time, turning all the time. There are 1000 corners in this stage. It is enjoyable, you don't have to push too much and be gentle with the throttle. It is good training"

Car #18 T. Katsuta - A. Johnston (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "I just stalled. Everything OK, I just stalled. I have no idea why"

Car #5 S.Pajari - M.Salminen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "I was playing it safe. Should not have been too bad. We will check again on the road and we will see. I did not change so much, but the car is not quite perfect"

Car #33 E. Evans - S. Martin (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "Hopefully there will be more grip than there was in there. I did not feel good at all. I guess a lot of it is just the grip. Very difficult to find the pushing rhythm"

Car #69 K.Rovanpera - J. Halttunen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "Quite OK. Really low grip. Really difficult conditions, in this twisty part it feels you are not going anywhere. You do not have grip in the narrow. Our tyre game is not the best at the moment. We still need to survive the long one. We will see"

Car #8 O. Tänak - M. Järveoja (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): "All OK for me, a clean stage"

Car #17 S. Ogier - V. Landais (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "In the last hairpin over a crest I was on the side of the road, it was very slow but I was on the wrong line. All good" [a moment at the end]

Car #29 N. Gryazin - K. Aleksandrov (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2): "Not easy, really slippery. I tried to be really precise, but sometimes you are touching the side walls. No drama I tried to be clean but it is not easy"

Car #21 O.Solberg - E.Edmondson  (Toyota GR Yaris): "It is extremely slippery, it is just crazy but really cool stage. Up and down, technical, it is quite fun but really really difficult"

Car #43 M.Prokop - M.Ernst  (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2): “We did a big mistake at the beginning, we missed a braking point, hit the wall and stalled the engine. We lost a lot of time in this junction. Really difficult Sunday. The last two corner, it is so difficult to find the line. Yeah it is a proper Sunday.

Car #27 R. Daprà - L. Guglielmetti (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2): ”It’s ok, we had a moment, we risked a bit, we need to keep the focus and try to do it.”

Car #44 R.Virves - J.Viilio (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2): "It is OK now. Like the whole rally, probably not so interesting to watch us but it is our job this time"

Car #37 R.Jurgenson - S.Oja ( Ford Fiesta Mk II): "Today it has been really good. New stages for everyone so it is equal. This one maybe not so good, more“