Leg: 2
Flash No: 10
Special Stage:
SS8 Epynt 1
Distance: 13.76Km
Weather: Dull and overcast with blustery rain   
Road Conditions: Slippy   

11: Luis Perez Companc/Jose Maria Volta
“That was OK, much better than last year. At least you can see the roads and go faster. We shall be checking the pacenotes in readiness for the second run.”

9: Jari-Matti Latvala/Miika Anttila
“That was quite OK, but it is still very slippy out there.”

20: Mads Ostberg/Ole Kristian Unnerud
“The road surface is good in there and we had no problems but I hope it rains as I prefer it.”

16: Matthew Wilson/Michael Orr
“We are OK so far and settling down into a good pace. We lost time to Chris Atkinson on the first stage as I made a couple of mistakes but we hope to improve our times as the day goes on.”

5: Manfred Stohl/Ilka Minor
“Our tactics on this rally are just to stay on the road. The rain doesn’t bother me – here in Wales it’s always raining!”

7: Petter Solberg/Philip Mills
“That was OK, no problems in there.”

3: Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautiainen
“We are just trying to stay on the road here – no real strategy other than hoping that something happens to Sebastien.”

4: Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen
“That stage was better and the time was OK. We are getting into a nice pace now and are pushing.”

10: Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerund
“It’s OK in the rain today – at least we have no more mist.”

19: Sebastien Lindholm/Tomi Tuominen
“We have had no problems in there. We stopped on the road section to change the tyres and the brakes are working better today. The car is very nervous in a straight line and I think it’s to do with the wheel alignment. It’s like driving a snake!”

60: Gwyndaf Evans/Huw Lewis
“It was OK in there apart from a bad jump where we landed heavily but the car seems to be holding together.”

36: Juho Hanninen/Mikko Markkula
“The first stage was OK but we could have gone faster.”

34: Mark Higgins/Scott Martin
“The times are getting better now and I think we were quickest on this stage.”

53: David Higgins/Ieuan Thomas
“That was not good in there – we had a puncture 2kms into the stage and had to stop and change the wheel. This lost us 2mins.”

50: Patrik Flodin/Maria Andersson
“We don’t have water going into our intercooler which means that the car is running too hot and that loses us the last 10per cent of our power.”

69: Wyn Humphreys/Ally Mackay
“Too cautious in there but it’s damage limitation. We couldn’t get the car to turn in because the tyres were full of mud.”

106: Matt Beebe/Gareth Roberts
“Happy with that – we are taking time out of Wozencroft which is good. No silly mistakes as this is a long and tough event. Epynt was hard on the car but we survived.”

101: James Wozencroft/Christopher Ridge
“We are worried about a slipping clutch although I think it might be the clutch actuator mechanism. We haven’t time to change at Service this afternoon but it will have to wait to tonight.”