Date: 11.09.2021
Day: 3
Flash N°: 11
Special stage: 8 (Gravia)
Distance: 24.81 km
Weather: 19 °C
Road conditions: Smooth gravel, dump gravel / Mud in places

1 SEBASTIEN OGIER/JULIEN INGRASSIA

“Difficult stage for me. I struggle a lot with the grip. And it’s difficult to know if this is the right tyre choice”.

33 ELFYN EVANS/SCOTT MARTIN

“Obviously we are trying, but the grip was so low. Driving down the hill I was really surprised”.

11 THIERRY NEUVILLE/MARTIJN WYDAEGHE

“No problem with the dust. There is a lot of loose gravel and there is a lot of cleaning. I had a good run and just made clean lines for the guys behind”.

69 KALLE ROVANPERÄ/JONNE HALTTUNEN

“I am feeling good. Nice tyre choice thanks to my engineer. It was difficult in the muddy places, because we had two hard tyres on the front. I tried to push and it’s quite nice”.

8 OTT TÄNAK/MARTIN JÄRVEOJA

“It was difficult. In the second part it was so slippery, that I thought I had a puncture”.

44 GUS GREENSMITH/CHRIS PATTERSON

“The first half is good. But the last part of the stage is really tricky”.

6 DANI SORDO/CANDIDO CARRERA

“I was trying to be clean, it was very slippery. I was really concentrated and I tried to push”.

16 ADRIEN FOURMAUX/RENAUD JAMOUL

“I went straight in a barrier in a slow corner. There was no grip. Really difficult to drive. I didn’t have driven in a stage like this before”. The car was damaged at the front right.

7 PIERRE-LOUIS LOUBET/FLORIAN HAUT-LABOURDETTE

“In this one it was like driving on ice at the end. It was very slippery”.

COMMENTS

Kalle Rovanpera wins another stage and now increases his lead over Ott Tanak to 16,8 seconds! Sebastien Ogier was also slower than the Finn and now he is 30,6 seconds adrift from the top. Adrien Fourmaux had a small of hitting a barrier and has lost time.

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