SS16 FLASH
Date: 28/6/2026
Day: 4
Flash N°: 22
Special stage: Aghii Theodori 2
Distance: 25.39 km
Weather: Sunny, 29°C
Road conditions: Rough, loose gravel
#33 Elfyn EVANS - Scott MARTIN
“Nothing special. Just a clean run.”
#18 Takamoto KATSUTA - Aaron JOHNSTON
“Nothing special. Just drive through.”
#99 Oliver SOLBERG - Elliott EDMONDSON
“It was slippery. Very hot for the tyres. Tricky stage. Not good.”
#5 Sami PAJARI - Marko SALMINEN
“Let's see what we can do in the last stage. The conditions are very hard. Let’s keep pushing. It’s never over until it’s over.”
#1 Sébastien OGIER - Vincent LANDAIS
“It can always happen there. We have to finish the job. There is one to go.”
#16 Adrien FOURMAUX - Alexandre CORIA
“The aim is to push in the power stage. I took it easy.”
#11 Thierry NEUVILLE - Martijn WYDAEGHE
“We are very unlucky. I don't know what happened. At the end we had two rear punctures. It would be nice to have a fight with Seb. It’s a shame for the team. Now we need to bring it home.” Rear right and left puncture
#95 Jon ARMSTRONG - Shane BYRNE
“We decided to cross with soft tyres. It was a better performance than in the first pass. We heard a noise, but it’s OK.”
#6 Daniel SORDO - Cándido CARRERA
“Very slippery stage. Big rocks on the lines. Very tough conditions. The battle between Thierry and Seb will be amazing.”
#55 Joshua MCERLEAN - Eoin TREACY
“The tyres are gone and we went off the road.”
#22 Mārtiņš SESKS - Renārs FRANCIS
“It felt very rough. Actually you still have to avoid a lot of things.”
#9 Jourdan SERDERIDIS - Frédéric MICLOTTE
“The stage is quite clean. Not as many stones as I expected.”
COMMENTS
Big drama on SS16! Thierry Neuville had a puncture and now Sebastien Ogier has a comfortable lead. He is 54,8 seconds ahead of the Belgian. Joshua McErlean went off the road and lost a lot of time. The Irish driver is now in a battle with Sami Pajari and Adrien Fourmaux for 4th position.
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