Date: 8/9/2023
Day: 2
Flash N°: 6
Special stage:SS6 – Elatia
Distance: 28.32 km
Weather: 25οC, Sunny
Road conditions: Mixed conditions, dry and wet gravel

#69 Kalle ROVANPERÄ / Jonne HALTTUNEN
“Not optimal for us. There is not much I can do. We are going to lose a lot of time. It’s a difficult place to be”.

#33 Elfyn EVANS / Scott MARTIN
“We try to push in there. It wasn’t so good before and we have to try something”.

#11 Thierry NEUVILLE / Martijn WYDAEGHE
“We have something broken at the rear. We couldn’t do more”.

#8 Ott TÄNAK / Martin JÄRVEOJA
“At the moment the conditions are helping. The middle part was tricky”.

#17 Sebástien OGIER / Vincent LANDAIS
“I have no idea that the rear wing was missing. It’s OK, it would be like this all weekend and tomorrow is a very long day”.

#4 Esapekka LAPPI / Janne FERM
“Still we need to nurse the car to the road section. Not really happy with the car. We need to do something with the car for tomorrow”.

#18 Takamoto KATSUTA / Aaron JOHNSTON
“The conditions were horrible. I don’t want to drive in this stage again”.

#6 Daniel SORDO / Cándido CARRERA
“We stalled in a corner. We lost a lot of time. It wasn’t a positive day for us”.

#9 Jourdan SERDERIDIS / Frederic MICLOTTE
“We lost the brakes at the middle of stage, but in the downhill it was OK. Difficult stage”.

COMMENTS
Ott Tanak set another fastest time, but Sebastien Ogier managed to narrow the gap from Thierry Neuville. The Belgian had mechanical issues and lost some time, but he kept the lead. Ogier is following just 2.8 seconds behind. Meanwhile Kalle Rovanpera is still in third place, but 25.5 seconds away from the lead.

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