Date: Friday, March 9th
Day: 2 Flash N°: 8
Special stage: Ortega 2 Distance: 17.23 km
Weather: Cooling, slight breeze and dry
Road conditions: Dry
M-Sport Ford Rally Team’s Malcolm Wilson has confirmed that Dan Barritt suffered concussion after Elfyn Evans’s crash this morning.
Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA
“Our tyres were a bit better. You have to try when you are in the front. Except for the spin on the last
stage it was a good day. We tried our best.”
Car 3. SUNINEN/MARKKULA
Cannot get his car started after the off in SS7.
Car 4. MIKKELSEN/JAEGER-SYNNEVAAG
“Yes we try to stay in front of Ogier. We had a clean stage but we were losing time. I am happy
enough.”
Car 5. NEUVILLE/GILSOUL
“It’s been a tough day. It’s not finished yet. We have a problem with the steering.” He dropped 35
seconds in the stage.
Car 6. SORDO/DEL BARRIO
“I think we did enough to conserve the tyres. The traction was good but the lateral grip was nothing. I
expected to be in the fight. We were fast here last year. But Sébastien (Loeb) is coming really fast on
us…”
Car 7. LATVALA/ANTTILA
Battery warning light fladhing on the dash and Latvala revving the engine frantically. “It could be the
alternator. We have to go quickly.”
Car 8. TÄNÄK/JARVEOJA
“It’s not so bad. It’s been tough to manage all this, but I tried my best.”
Car 10. MEEKE/NAGLE
Lost 12 seconds and slips to fourth place. “The car spun in the road and I had to reverse through the
dust.”
Car 11. LOEB/ELENA
Equal fastest and reduces Sordo’s lead to 7.9 seconds. “It was a good drive. I pushed really hard. It
was a fast stage. I made no mistakes. We had a good tyre choice. It is difficult to push more.”
Car 31. TIDEMAND/ANDERSSON
“I have a good car, a good recce and a good co-driver. We need to keep it up like this. It has been
running like a clock, very good.”