Date: 9/9/2022
Day: 2
Flash N°: 7
Special stage: SS5 Dafni
Distance: 13.99 km
Weather: Sunny
Road conditions: Smooth gravel

#69 Kalle ROVANPERÄ / Jonne HALTTUNEN 

“There was no grip. Really difficult for us, there was a lot of cleaning. The grip was lower than in the morning. Not easy.”

#8 Ott TÄNAK / Martin JÄRVEOJA

“It’s cleaning a lot. we have no hybrid and there are a lot of hairpins.”

#11 Thierry NEUVILLE / Martijn WYDAEGHE

“I did what I could. This stage demands a different driving profile. In this kind of stages you have to rely on the chassis.”

#33 Elfyn EVANS Scott MARTIN 

“It was awful. No grip at all. There is a massive cleaning effect. Just trying to find confidence.”

#18 Takamoto KATSUTA / Aaron JOHNSTON

“It’s a little bit better.But I feel very uncomfortable. It’s very strange, but  I will try to do something.”

#42 Craig BREEN / Paul NAGLE 

“I am so frustrated about what happened before. I was in the middle of the road and we didn't touch it.”

#4 Esapekka LAPPI / Janne FERM

“Well not that much cleaning. I am surprised with my time. It was very slippery. Maybe my tires were not in the best condition.”

#19 Sébastien LOEB / Isabelle GALMICHE

“I was a bit too late on the brakes to a hairpin, we overshot and I had to reverse.”

#6 Dani SORDO / Candido CARRERA

“My feeling was not so bad. But my pacenotes at the end were really bad. In the fast section it was very slippery and we lost some time there.”

#44 Gus GREENSMITH / Jonas ANDERSSON

“Just in the beginning, at a hairpin, I was too fast and I lost the junction. And we lost some time.”

#7 Pierre-Louis LOUBET / Vincent LANDAIS 

“That's good! We deserve this stage win. I had good pacenotes, good driving and I kept the car in the lines.”

COMMENTS

Pierre-Louis Loubet has won his first stage win and he is leading a WRC event in his career. He took advantage of the road position and now he is 1,9 ahead of Sebastien Loeb who overshot a hairpin! Esapekka Lappi is now third, just 0,7 sec ahead of Thierry Neuville. 

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