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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