Quotes after SS15 "SAN GIACOMO - PLEBEI 2"

STAGE FLASH
DATE: 08 June | FLASH N°: 15
DAY: 3
STAGE: SS15 SAN GIACOMO - PLEBI 2 | STAGE LENGTH: 25,19km
WEATHER: Sunny
ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry

Car #55 J.Mcerlean - E. Treacy (Ford Puma Rally1): "It is good. Still in the narrow road there are smaller tracks which are difficult to nail. It is not such a bad thing if you improve. This last stage was really hard. Into service and one more to go, it all looks good"

Car #13 G.Munster - L. Louka (Ford Puma Rally1): "I had a spin in a quite narrow hairpin. It was difficult to reverse. I lost a lot of time there." [briefly stopped]

Car #16 A. Fourmaux - A.Coria (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): "We were saving the tyres for the powerstage. I was very very careful with the tyres. I also had half a spin. We will see"

Car #1 T. Neuville - M.Wydaeghe (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): "We will try. There should be more cars in front of us in the powerstage. I think we will have a good line, we will try hard. Let's see. Rally is not over yet, we have seen a lot happening in the last stage here in the past. We still hope for some points this weekend"

Car #9 J.Serderidis - F.Miclotte (Ford Puma Rally1): "The grip is hugely more. We enjoy it, we are still improving. It is fun and nice"

Car #18 T. Katsuta - A. Johnston (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "For sure I will try my best [in the next one]. Let's see. It is a tricky stage, I do not know... I will try"

Car #5 S.Pajari - M.Salminen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "It is really stressful, it hurts my soul. We made it so it should be easy to the service"

Car #33 E. Evans - S. Martin (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "No problem with dust. [Ths stage?]Not brilliantly. It was OK, no big issues but I am sure the guys behind are coming quickly"

Car #69 K.Rovampera - J. Halttunen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "Quite well, the conditions are really rough and really high tyre wear. I was quite careful in there, steady pace, nothing crazy"

Car #8 O. Tänak - M. Järveoja (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): "It is so close at the moment. It will be on the door handles on the powerstage"

Car #17 S. Ogier - V. Landais (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "It is not getting easier. The conditions are very rough. A clean stage, no push, just a smooth drive"

Car #29 N. Gryazin - K. Aleksandrov (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2): "This part was quite rough, it is not easy to say where we got the puncture. I had two big bumps. Maybe we took the rim out in a hairpin, it was easy to roll. Difficult to say, but then after there was no place to change the tyre. So we drop time to find the place. It was a good fight. One stage to go and one stage to enjoy"

Car #21 O.Solberg - E.Edmondson (Toyota GR Yaris ): "[In the lead?]After Friday I did not expect that. Now when you look at it I should have scored points. That's life. Every rally is a rally, you have got to do well in all the rallies. I was taking it smooth in the first 10km and then I was gonna push properly the last 15 because then I don't care about the tyres. I was ready to go, but yeah I am happy"

Quotes after SS7 "Coiluna - Loelle 1"

STAGE FLASH
DATE: June 7 2025 | FLASH N°: 7
DAY: 2
STAGE: SS7 COILUNA - LOELLE 1
STAGE LENGTH: 21,18
WEATHER: Sunny
ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry

Car #55 J.Mcerlean - E. Treacy (Ford Puma Rally1): "It is quite OK. I do not want to be complaining about cleaning the road all day. It is a big pleasure to be back on the road. The team did a great job last night. The rear left corner was completely gone. Big kudos to them. Let's enjoy the day. It is sweeping but all good experience"

Car #13 G.Munster - L. Louka (Ford Puma Rally1): "Going through. I do not have bite on the front. Hesitate on the brakes and overheating"

Car #1 T. Neuville - M.Wydaeghe (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): "It is all OK. It is always difficult after such a disappointment like yesterday. We were really unlucky. We compared the data, we had a similar speed... It is normally a flat corner. Something went wrong. We missed the line by 15cm and it took off the wheel. It is what it is. The team fixed the car. We know what to do tomorrow and hope for a better position tomorrow and we will give it a push"

Car #9 J.Serderidis - F.Miclotte (Ford Puma Rally1): "We enjoyed it a lot. We changed some setup in the car and it is much easier to drive so we can push the car a bit more. The day started better than yesterday"

Car #18 T. Katsuta - A. Johnston (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "Such a bad bump, in the last years it was not that bad but now it is crazy. I was completely flying and landed on the road. Big surprise and hopefully nothing happens to my teammates on that crest"

Casr #33 E. Evans - S. Martin (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "It was OK. Not the best run. It is quite soft and difficult to always be right everywhere. But clean enough. In the end no, but in middle there were bad bumps"

Car #69 K.Rovanpera - J. Halttunen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "It was OK. Definitely a better feeling today in the car with the setup and the starting place. We try to be fast and see what we can do. [What changes did you make?] Secret ones!"

Car #5 S.Pajari - M.Salminen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "I was expecting quite a big push from Kalle but also from the top 3 guys. It was not so bad, but I was not really pushing. We are on the safe side. OK. I would like to do a step better, but it is not too bad"

Car #8 O. Tänak - M. Järveoja (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): "It started quite OK, but we had some trouble with communication between myself and co-driver in the middle of the stage and it was a bit tricky with the rhythm. It was an OK stage"

Car #16 A. Fourmaux - A.Coria (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): "I am not really happy with my driving to be fair. That was really good in some places. I had a few moments, where I said come on the grip is lower. But it is all OK"

Car #17 S. Ogier - V. Landais (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): "Rougher than expected already. Not a big push but a clean stage. [Not a big push? You are scaring your rivals!] I do not know. I was faster? Ah OK, we take it"

Car #29 N. Gryazin - K. Aleksandrov (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2): "I never regret what I did [not taking points] The stage is nice, a lot of bumps and jumps. Quite fun but it is not easy to keep the rhythm. But it is OK"

Car #34 E. Lindholm - R. Hamalainen (Skoda Fabia RS RAlly2): "Quite OK, it is definitely more slippery than yesterday in the first pass. More slippery and sliding, but I like that"

Quotes after SS2 "Telti - Calangianus - Berchidda 1"

STAGE FLASH
DATE:06 June - FLASH N°: 2
DAY: 1
STAGE: SS2 Telti -Calangiaunus - Berchidda 1 STAGE LENGTH: 18,43
WEATHER: Sunny
ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry

Car #33 E. Evans - S. Martin (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “[What guided the tyre choice?]Just looking at the road position and trying to see what we can do to help really, I think. The next one is the key one, but let's see"

Car #69 K.Rovampera - J. Halttunen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “[The new stage?] It is pretty difficult, pretty soft and a lot of loose gravel. Really narrow. No confidence with the car at the moment to do anything in the narrow part. The car is not doing what I want at the moment"

Car #17 S. Ogier - V. Landais (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “It is difficult, very narrow and very low grip. [You are the tyre master... Is there enough performance left?]We will see, I think so."

Car #8 O. Tänak - M. Järveoja (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): “Not a good feeling at all. I was definitely pushing, it was far from normal. I do not enjoy the car at the moment. It is not the first time"

Car #1 T. Neuville - M.Wydaeghe (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): "I do not know where I got the branch. Suddenly the engine stalled, I do not know why, , no reason for that.. It happened 2-3km before the finish and I lost 2-3 seconds" [tree branch on the rear]

Car #18 T. Katsuta - A. Johnston (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “I do not know. I am still struggling, but there is a long way to go. I need to find something better"

Car #16 A. Fourmaux - A.Coria (Hyundai i20 N Rally1): “I hit a bump, but I did not expect damage I will have to look. The grip was quite low and demanding. The new part behind the trees there was quite a lot of dust, but not disturbing It was OK" [front end damage]

Car #5 S.Pajari - M.Salminen (Toyota GR Yaris Rally1): “Really tricky on the really high speed sections. I did not really have any confidence in there. I was trying to be clean and go through Not far, but clearly I can push a lot more"

Car #13 G.Munster - L. Louka (Ford Puma Rally1): [did not speak, a lot of damage to the car]

Car #9 J.Serderidis - F.Miclotte (Ford Puma Rally1): “For me it was OK, but I saw two cars out... are they OK? There was more grip in this one, so it was OK for us. We enjoyed that one"

Car #20 Y.Rossel - A.Dunand (Citroen C3): “It was OK except for the cleaning run. I am not a professional driver, but the road cleaning is bad".

Car #21 O.Solberg - E.Edmondson (Toyota GR Yaris ): “Bad luck there. We overshot in a right corner. [Rear left pushed off] That I do not know. Not maybe full power, I have a bit of pain in my back so I took it a bit easier" [crashed the front of the car in]