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Stage Flash - SS8
Rally GB
24 October 2009, 11:40 am
Quotes from the end of the eight Special Stage
STAGE FLASH
Date: 24.10.2009
Day: 2 Flash No: 9
Special Stage: SS8, CRYCHAN 1 Distance: 14.99 Km
Weather: Light rain, light breeze quite mild.
Road Conditions: Slippy (heavy rain overnight).


1: Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena
"Wipers ok now, last stage went well"

3: Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen
"Driveshaft problem but I don't know what type of problem"

11: Petter Solberg/Phil Mills
"Not managed to fix wipers, intermittent but stage ok

6: Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud
"All good, no problems"

5: Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin
"Made a few errors at the start, but felt stage went ok"

4: Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Antilla
"Settings too soft in last stage" [J-M was adjusting dampers]

8: Conrad Rautenbach/Daniel Barritt
"Stalled at hairpin lost a little time"

16: Aaron Burkart/Michael Kolbach
"Very wet actually and slippy [grins]"

15: Khalid Al Qassimi/Michael Orr
"Visability better than expected, was expecting fog and heavy rain"

14: Mads Østberg/Jonas Andersson
"Quite rough in there, not looking forward to second run but car and everything is going fine"

17: Steve Perez/Paul Spooner
"Only one wiper is working but at least we can see something"

39: Eyvind Brynildsen/Denis Giraudet
"Still pushing a bit too hard, have to keep wheels away from rocks"

31: Martin Prokop/Jan Tománek
"Good stage, better than this morning stage where weather is too much, weather is better up here."

33: Toshi Arai/Glenn MacNeall
"Average, still trying new things, need to slow down as I'm going too fast into junction but you have got to try!"

47: Armindo Araújo/Miguel Ramalho
"There is a small problem making the car overheat in longer stages, but it's a new car so all new problems"

45: Patrik Flodin/Göran Bergsten
"Happy with last stage, hoping for a good time in the next one too"

50: Nasser Al-Attiyah/Giovanni Bernacchini
"Taking it steady after yesterday's accident and I need to check my notes"

46: Patrik Sandell/Emil Axelsson
"We have had no power steering for the last 2 stages"

73: Egon Kaur/Erik Lepikson
"We made changes to the car and a lot more confident in it now"

66: Dennis Kuipers/Kees Hagman
"Very slippery but still happy to be here and competing"

64: Martin Semerad/Bohuslav Ceplecha
"Good rhythm!"

32: Bernardo Sousa/Jorge Carvalho
"Still problems with engine, changed ECU and mapping but problem still persists. Car not demisting but speed better than the first stage."

62: Jon Williams/George Gwynn
"Turbo problems are sorted out now, it was the ECU and switch. Much happier now, going faster then making mistakes. George is enjoying home soil"

65: Mark Tapper/Jeff Judd
"Lowered the car last night, went much better but it's still too high. Having to throw car into bends to create oversteer"

68: Rene Kuipers/Erwin Mombaerts
"Good run, this stage was better"

67: Mattias Therman/Janne Peräla
"Better than the first stage, it was good to drive with visibility"

61: Nico Thomas/Angelos Loizides
"Good, no problems and it all look's nice!"

74: Trond Lyseng/Pål Iversen
"That stage was very funny, muddy and funny"

77: Giuseppe Dettori/Marco Corda
"Problem with rear suspension, top mount came loose, otherwise drive ok"

38: Gábor Mayer/Robert Tagai
"Power steering has gone AGAIN!"

72: Wug Utting/Max Utting
"Thoroughly enjoying it. Cracking Gromit! And its stopped raining now too!"

89: Tom Haines/Dai Roberts
"Little bit worried about car as it fell off jack. Made a few mistakes in there, it just didn't flow. Looking forward to next stage as we've been there before"

48: Hermann Gassner Junior/Katharina Wuestenhagen
"Time was good in that one. Interesting driving through welsh weather"

83: Tomaz Kaucic/Peter Zorenc
"Thought had two punctures but all ok. Mud on windscreen from start of stage"

81: Patrick Anglade/Hans-Peter Loth
"Not too nice in there, but went ok"

71: Eamonn Boland/MJ Morrissey
"Not bad"

78: Paulo Nobre/Edu Paula
"Absolutely loving it, much more confidence. Fantastic event"

69: Peter Stephenson/Jim Burns
"No heater, misting up. Big puddles and really rough in there."

79: Emre Yurdakul/Burak Erdener
"Much better, happier with setup and no problem"

80: Burcu Cetinkaya/Çiçek Güney
"Much better, lost back bumper"

85: Ahmed Al Mansoori/Killian Duffy
"That was fantastic, it was rough but great"

84: Bader Al Jabri/Stephen McAuley
(codriver) "A big learning curve as driver is not used to wet weather, but doing very well"

92: Mattei Loic/Julien Vial
"It was very slippy and we're doing a lot of sliding but ok."

76: Craig Breen/Gareth Roberts
"Dropped a minute in there, the car in front held us up, but still should be able to get the championship"

70: Daniel Siguroarson/Andrew Sankey
"Much better in that stage, not looking forward to second run through Rhonda, but there are no Fiestas to catch this time"

95: Kit Leigh/Tim Leigh
(codriver) "Really enjoying it, but making a few mistakes with late calls"

93: Jean-Thierry Vacheron/Sylvain Trombert
"Beautiful stage, really enjoying it"

90: Sander Pärn/Ken Järveoja
"There are lots of ruts, it's a very rough rally and it is hard. The car is a lot lighter without its front bumper!"

87: Tom Cave/Craig Parry
"Caught car in front again, lost fourth gear but hoping to fix in service"

94: Kenneth Treacy/Martin Comerford
Broken clutch cable and retired at start of stage



LAND ROVER CHALLENGE

206: Alan Paramore/Gari Hazelby
"Enjoying it"

205: Duncan Lilwall/Craig Teasdale
"I love that stage, I nearly went over three sheep, but I managed to avoid them"

201: Ewen Christie/Ross Cookman
"That was a good stage, no problems"

203: Paul Wright/Tom Aldridge
"That was very good, we spun 180 degrees on a corner, perhaps I'm too confident and too fast"

204: George Morrison/Curtis McKerlie
"That was fun that was!"

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