STAGE FLASH
Date: 23.10.2009
Day: 1 Flash No: 5
Special Stage: SS5 - SWEET LAMB 2 Distance: 5.13 Km
Weather: Cloudy with sunny spells
Road Conditions: Slippery
3: Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen
"Lot better second run, nothing to lose, knows stages now but they are very slippery on bedrock"
1: Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena
"Happy to have taken some time off Mikko, very slippery with mud layer over hard base"
4: Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Antilla
"Have not fixed shaft yet and the car is still in rear wheel drive, not happy as we are losing time"
11: Petter Solberg/Phil Mills
"Going the right way with times, working to set the car up. Behind two people chasing the title so it's hard to keep up"
5: Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin "Struggling to get car to do what I want it to do, we hope to sort out this evening"
12: Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia
"The front runners are very fast as always, the stage is not so slippery and car is ok"
8: Conrad Rautenbach/Daniel Barritt
"Not happy with our performance on this stage. Nothing serious."
16: Aaron Burkart/Michael Kolbach
"Hurt my arm in the previous stage, but important thing was that the car was ok."
17: Steve Perez/Paul Spooner
"Very confident in car on these stages"
47: Armindo Araújo/Miguel Ramalho "Fixed problems with car so it doesn't over-rev any more. Stage was ok, but hope the problem does not come back"
31: Martin Prokop/Jan Tománek
"Enjoyed that stage very much [big grin]"
46: Patrik Sandell/Emil Axelsson "Really enjoyed that stage, loved the jumps and showing off to spectators. Good fun"
39: Eyvind Brynildsen/Denis Giraudet "Was all ok, having to concentrate. Forty seconds up and I don't have to push"
33: Toshi Arai/Glenn MacNeall "Wasn't so good, but still laughing"
63: Jarkko Nikara/Jarkko Kalliolepo
"Can't push any harder, the car is understeering but I don't know why"
37: Fréderic Sauvan/Sebastien Capanna
"That was good, had a bit of a moment at the jump where I went very sideways"
65: Mark Tapper/Jeff Judd
"Handling like a bucket of bolts"
32: Bernardo Sousa/Jorge Carvalho
"Can't use neutral or reverse although we should not need to go backwards! Engine down on power"
64: Martin Semerad/Bohuslav Ceplecha "Good but not perfect, confidence is getting there, we'll see for tomorrow"
38: Gábor Mayer/Robert Tagai
"Phhh! Car no good, me no good, only navigator good"
40: Dave Weston/Ieuan Thomas
"[Big smiles] Having a great time again"
61: Nico Thomas/Angelos Loizides
"That was a good smooth run. My aim is to finish, I'm very happy with the setup"
62: Jon Williams/George Gwynn
"Not happy, another turbo gone, don't think they have any left. George is enjoying it and we hope to get out again tomorrow"
66: Dennis Kuipers/Kees Hagman
"Seven seconds quicker than last time, happy with progress"
67: Mattias Therman/Janne Peräla
"I clipped something on the stage, I think I have a puncture"
68: Rene Kuipers/Erwin Mombaerts
"I love the jumps, I can keep it flat over them. I'm having a good competition with my son, but my son will always be quicker!"
71: Eamonn Boland/MJ Morrissey
"All ok [thumbs up]"
69: Peter Stephenson/Jim Burns
"It's drying out so its easier to drive, big push tomorrow"
72: Wug Utting/Max Utting
"Roof vent opened in water splash and most of the splash ended up in the car!"
Robert
73: Egon Kaur/Erik Lepikson
"Keeping it going"
76: Craig Breen/Gareth Roberts Working on the electrics at the end of stage.
77: Giuseppe Dettori/Marco Corda All smiles
49: Giorgio Bacco/Nicola Arena
"No problems, all ok, enjoyed the stage"
78: Paulo Nobre/Edu Paula
"Enjoying it, getting used to Evo X which doesn't oversteer live Evo IX. Lot happier with the car"
79: Emre Yurdakul/Burak Erdener
"Lot more confidence in the car, much better this stage"
80: Burcu Cetinkaya/Çiçek Güney
"Love this stage stage, awesome!"
83: Tomaz Kaucic/Peter Zorenc "Shouted at by navigator for pushing too hard! I braked too late and overshot a junction"
84: Bader Al Jabri/Stephen McAuley
"More air this time, enjoying it still"
85: Ahmed Al Mansoori/Killian Duffy
"Enjoying it, good fun"
86: Majed Al Shamsi/Allan Harryman
"Good fun, second time in the UK. I did the Swansea Bay Rally but its wetter this time."
87: Tom Cave/Craig Parry
"That stage was ok, the roll was only cosmetic damage and now no problems"
88: Atte Alanen/Teemu Horkama "No problems, that stage was ok"
89: Tom Haines/Dai Roberts
"Enjoying it, was far quicker this time, much happier"
91: Siim Plangi/Marek Sarapuy
"Pace ok, important to get to finish"
92: Mattei Loic/Julien Vial
Looked unhappy
93: Jean-Thierry Vacheron/Sylvain Trombert "[Big smiles] Good to finish but it was tricky"
95: Kit Leigh/Tim Leigh
"We dropped time in last stage with a puncture, but had a good run through this one and I'm still getting on ok with Dad"
94: Kenneth Treacy/Martin Comerford "Still one wheel drive. Will fix tonight and do a big push tomorrow"
201: Ewen Christie/Ross Cookman
"Steamed up windscreen which lost us time, I wasn't happy - it was quite scrary!"
203: Paul Wright/Tom Aldridge
"Big smiles, loved the second jump - its awesome"
205: Duncan Lilwall/Craig Teasdale
"Great fun, had all four off the floor three times in there - put on a show for the spectators, but still trying"
206: Alan Paramore/Gari Hazelby
"Took it a bit steady after an overshoot on last stage, but was 6 seconds faster than closest rival so was happy"
204: George Morrison/Curtis McKerlie "That was awesome, can I go again?"
202: Steve Partridge/Adam Entwhistle
"Good stage, times were in middle of the pack which is the best I can hope for, the mad Major seems to be whooping everyone."
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