Date: 11.09.2021
Day: 3
Flash N°:   13
Special stage: 10  (Eleftherohori 1)
Distance: 18.14 km
Weather: 23°C
Road conditions: Smooth gravel, dump in the 2nd part, mud in places

 1          SEBASTIEN OGIER/JULIEN INGRASSIA

“The conditions are tricky. The grip changes a lot. We try to find where the grip changes. I hesitate a lot. But OK, we are focused on our plan and we are not taking any risks”.

33        ELFYN EVANS/SCOTT MARTIN

“We stalled the engine near the finish. The grip was changing all the time. Not a good stage for us”.

 11        THIERRY NEUVILLE/MARTIJN WYDAEGHE

“I have no lines at ll. I don’t know what the guys in front are doing. I missed the braking and went wide. Besides that, the stage was OK”.

 69        KALLE ROVANPERÄ/JONNE HALTTUNEN

“I feel good. I didn’t have rhythm at the beginning, but after that we were faster. I tried to enjoy it and to protect the car”.

 8          OTT TÄNAK/MARTIN JÄRVEOJA

“Nothing happened. Everything OK”.

 44        GUS GREENSMITH/CHRIS PATTERSON

“I didn’t expect it to be so muddy. Maybe two softs were the best choice. We couldn’t find a good rhythm. We had a big moment but we escaped”.

 6          DANI SORDO/CANDIDO CARRERA

“This stage is very different from the previous one. We tried the soft tyres. It was very muddy”.

 16        ADRIEN FOURMAUX/RENAUD JAMOUL

“It was really difficult. The grip was changing a lot. We had two hot moments on braking. We had no confidence in the conditions and also I was not happy with my notes. But I enjoyed it!”

 7          PIERRE-LOUIS LOUBET/FLORIAN HAUT-LABOURDETTE

“It was really tricky and very easy to make a mistake on the brakes. On the end it was very slippery. There is no grip”.

 9          JOURDAN SERDERIDIS/FREDERIC MICLOTTE

“There are some muddy parts. The stage is really fast. But it’s nice and one of the most beautiful of the Rally”.

 COMMENTS

Stage 10 Eleftherohori has been red flagged after the WRCars, due to the fact that the spectators were standing in dangerous positions. Kalle Rovanpera managed to win another stage and now he has a healthy lead of 39.7 sec over Ott Tanak. Sebastien Ogier was second fastest and now he is just 3.6 seconds adrift of the Estonian driver.

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