HIGHLIGHTS
To end her brilliant day, Kalle Rovanperä set a very good second time and kept a one minute margin in the general classification tonight. The Finn, who is truly a flawless author today, is ahead of Thierry Neuvillle, the author of his first scratch tonight.
In 3rd place Ott Tänak finished well after a puncture in the previous qualifying. Facing him, Craig Breen lacked the speed to be closer than his rival today.
More than two minutes into the lead, Oliver Solberg managed to hold on to the lead over Elfyn Evans, but was unable to pick up the pace at the end of the day.
In WRC2, Yohan Rossel still manages to manage this special perfectly and is in 9th place in the general classification this evening! The former French asphalt rally champion is more than thirty seconds ahead of Nikolay Gryazin.
In Junior, Jean-Baptiste Franceschi ends his day with his best performance, missing the scratch by only a tenth. On the evening of this day, the Frenchman occupies provisional 4th place.
RESPONSES FROM RIDERS
| T. Neuville 5:27.9 |
“The special was correct, nice and clean. No reason for us to push hard, just try to keep up the pace. It’s a shame…I don’t really know what to say to be honest.’ |
| G.Greensmith 5:53.4 |
“I think I also have a transmission problem.” |
| T. Katsuta 5:56.7 |
“I don’t know how I could die, it’s not great. Tomorrow is another day with different conditions, we will try to do better.” |
| C. Breen 5:40.1 |
“It’s incredibly difficult, I just tried not to make a mistake. We are at the end of the day and we are close to the podiums, so we should be happy. |
| O.Solberg 5:32.5 |
“It was an encouraging afternoon for us. In the morning it was all about learning with the notes, and in the afternoon it got better and better. † |
| O. Tanak 5:31.5 |
“I had a flat tire in the previous stage and I had a hybrid problem in this one, but otherwise I don’t think it’s that bad. We had a good day. Sorry about the flat tire. We couldn’t do better.” |
| E. Evans 5:35.5 |
“It was not ideal at all. I didn’t feel quite in tune with the car and everything. The car ran well, but I struggled to find the necessary confidence. We were still able to set good lap times, but of course the punctures from this morning were very damaging.” |
| S.Lefebvre | “It was a complicated day for us and with the flat tire in the afternoon we lost two minutes, so that’s a shame. We will try to go back tomorrow.” |
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NEXT SPECIAL † SS9- Kostanjevac – Petrus Vrh 2 (23.76 km) from 07:43 (Saturday 23 April 2022)
Classification SS8 / Na SS8 (9.11 km)
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