Date: 9/9/2022
Day: 2
Flash N°: 6
Special stage: SS4 Loutraki 2
Distance: 17.95 km
Weather: Sunny
Road conditions: Rough and loose gravel

#69 Kalle ROVANPERÄ / Jonne HALTTUNEN 

“A bit more clean line. Some rough places and we managed to get here without issues. That is the main point.”

#8 Ott TÄNAK / Martin JÄRVEOJA

“Before the stage we lost the hybrid. It's affecting the durability. We try to get through.”

#11 Thierry NEUVILLE / Martijn WYDAEGHE

“I have very bad tires in front. I try to save them for the next stage. We have a lot of understeer. But the time is OK, so the strategy is good.”

#33 Elfyn EVANS Scott MARTIN 

“It’s really rocky here, very hard .”

#18 Takamoto KATSUTA / Aaron JOHNSTON

“Not really happy. Really challenging for me. I need to focus more.” 

#42 Craig BREEN / Paul NAGLE 

“We had a puncture.”

#4 Esapekka LAPPI / Janne FERM

“I overheated the tires. At the end of the stage it was very slippery. Maybe few times i get off the line and wide, but otherwise clean run.”

#19 Sébastien LOEB / Isabelle GALMICHE

“There are so many stones on the road that maybe caused it, but nothing special. It’s ΟΚ.” He had some minor bodywork damage.

#6 Dani SORDO / Candido CARRERA

“It’s a little bit better.  We had more grip and I feel better with the car and also with the pacenotes. But still the other guys are fast.”

#44 Gus GREENSMITH / Jonas ANDERSSON

“I had no brakes all the way down the hill. I lost some confidence.”

#7 Pierre-Louis LOUBET / Vincent LANDAIS 

“I have to go, I have no brakes.”

COMMENTS

Sebastien Loeb and Esapekka Lappi set equal fastest time on SS4. That means that Loeb increases his lead over Thierry Neuville to 6,4 sec. Piere-Louis Loubet is still third, but only 0.9 sec ahead of Esapekka Lappi. Craig Breen lost almost 2minutes due to a puncture.