Day: 1
Flash: 3
1: Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena
"I've lost all grip a few times, but that's what happens on ice."
3: Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen
"I was worried about the water in stage three, but we got through."
4: Jari-Matti Latvala/Miika Anttila
"I was very cautious on the first stage to run, but pushed more on the second one. In the last 2km I had a few moments, though."
6: Chris Atkinson/Stephane Prevot
"The steering has a bit of play in it at the moment. That needs fixing."
7: Francois Duval/Denis Giraudet
"I've had intercom trouble. The brake pedal is also long, so I can't get any heat in the brakes before each stage."
8: Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin
"The engine mapping could be better - the tope end isn't right. I've been too cautious, too."
5: Petter Solberg/Philip Mills
"The rear of the car is still too hard, despite us softening it. The rear differential also feels too stiff. The brakes aren't stopping us well, either."
14: Henning Solberg/Cato Menkarud
"I want to change the gearbox, but the team says that is not the problem. I might have differential problems, too."
2: Dani Sordo/Marc Marti
"I can see the lines of the cars ahead, so I can follow them."
11: Toni Gardemeister/Tomi Tuominen
"Stage one was so slippery, so it was the right choice to cancel it."
18: Mads Ostberg/Ole Kristian Unnerud
"It's going well. I just wish I could see clear lines form the cars ahead, to follow them."
20: Barry Clark/Paul Nagle
"It's so slippery. Even crawling through the cancelled first stage was hard."
16: Conrad Rautenbach/David Senior
"I had a rear right puncture in the second stage. I need to harden the suspension, too, as it's soft."
17: Sebastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia
"I'm very surprised to be leading, but the goal is still to finish. It was the right decision to cancel the first stage. It was so slippy."
19: Khalid Al Qassimi/Michael Orr
"The car felt funny after the watersplash in the second stage. I am lacking confidence, as I fear black ice could catch me out. I want to finish."
46: Valentino Rossi/Carlo Cassina
"I had a 360 degree spin in the last stage. I was lucky to get away with it, but otherwise it's been fine."
22: Gareth Jones/Clive Jenkins
"The conditions are atrocious. I've got a small differential problems, too, but we can fix that now. I need to pull my finger out."
59: David Higgins/Ieuan Thomas Reports his car is good. Has been told Mark Higgins was put back on road by spectators, but has had to stop further on as he's on three wheels."
55: Patrik Sandell/Emil Axelsson
"I just want to survive today. Tomorrow is for pushing."
52: Juho Hanninen/Mikko Markkula
"I've got a problem with the clutch or differential - I'm only getting rear-wheel-drive. I'm losing time."
146: Jari Ketomaa/Miika Teiskonen
"After the watersplash the windscreen misted up. We also started stage three one page too far into the notes, so I did three-quarters of the stage blind.
60: Guy Wilks/Phil Pugh
"I'm 30secs up on David Higgins now, but I have to be careful about the British Championship title as some of the PWRC runners are registered too. I can't relax."
39: Nasser Al-Attiyah/Chris Patterson
"We broke the radiator in the watersplash. We had to keep stopping on the road section to top it up. We can fix it in service, though."
32: Mirco Baldacci/Giovani Agnese
"We've had a bad misfire all the way to service. The watersplash is to blame."
35: Evegny Novikov/Dale Moscatt
"I've no problems at all. You have to drive to the road conditions."
56: Fumio Natahara/Daniel Barritt
"I'm going at a steady pace. This is not the kind of conditions to learn in. At least the tyres are like new - they're hardly used!"
42: Bernardo Sousa/Jorge Carvalho
"I had a huge slide... in first gear on the road section! I looked in the mirror and the car behind was doing the same thing! It's just a day to get through."
36: Eyvind Brynildsen/Glenn Macneal "The section where Mark went off was treacherously icy. We were warned before the stage, but it wasn't very specific. There should have been a marshal or warning board there."
44: Patrik Flodin/Goran Bergsten
"After the watersplash I had a misfire for one or two kilometres."
37: Spyros Pavlides/Steve Lancaster
"I'm being cautious after seeing four cars off in the last stage."
47: Jaromir Tarabus/Daniel Trunket
"It's my first gravel rally and I'm learning fast."
72: Ryan Champion/Anders Howard
"I had a big spin in Myherin and nearly hit another car that was off. There was no warning from anyone."
62: Mattias Therman/Janne Perala
"I've been driving excellently. The ice is no problem as I was warned about it. It's my first WRC event and the goal is just to finish."
45: Teemu Arminen/Tuomo Nikkola
"I hit the Myherin watersplash very heavily and I had to change the air filter."
61: Gwyndaf Evans/Gareth Roberts
"I pushed quite hard in the first stage as I thought it might be the only one of the day. The second stage was so hard in the last section."
64: Ari Laivola/Kari Mustalahti
"I've no problems with the car, but I'd like some studs in the tyres. Summer tyres are no good for these conditions."
66: Heikki Westerlund/S Suhonen
"Just staying on the road isn't easy. I feel sorry for the organisers, but cutting the stages was right. Even the road sections were hard."
67: Hermann Gassner Junior/Katherina Wuestenhagen
"The turbo went at the start of the first stage. I've lost 70 per cent of my power and can't fix it in remote service. I'll have to struggle on."
68: Hugh Evans/Iestyn Williams
"There are people off on road sections it's so bad."
69: Daniel Unger/Sebastian Itu
"I'm annoyed: the watersplash has destroyed my bumper."
38: Darren Gass/Neil Shanks
"Only done one stage as third one was cancelled as I entered it."
76: Jason Pritchard/George Gwynn
"I had problems with my road book and I followed the car ahead into a control and got a penalty. I also stopped for 30sec in the watersplash, but spectators pushed us out."
88: Deividas Jocius/Mindaugus Varza
"The car filled with water in the watersplash, making it slippery on the pedals."
95: Neville Jones/Ian Capewell
"The conditions are terrible - cars are going off into ditches on road sections."
94: Thomas Cave/Gemma Price
"I'm enjoying it, and having a laugh with Gemma."
71: Oleksi Tamrazov/Oleksandr Skochyk
"It's a shame the stages are so short as this is my first rally in this car."
81: Emre Yurdakul/Can Erkal
"It's my second time here, but it's harder than before. It's my first time on snow and ice."
78: Matt Cotton/Anthony Godden
"It was the right decision to cancel the stages."
79: Andrew Hockridge/Rich Mills
"Travelling so far to do three miles is a shame, but that's life."
80: Steven Holder/Steve McPhee
"Because the two-wheel-drive cars are being towed into stages by the Land Rovers, it is making some of the time controls a real bun fight."
87: Tony Jardine/David Smith
"I'm still smiling! It's so treacherous I went off before stage one. I'm just scrabbling along trying to get through."
84: Burcu Cetinkaya/Cicek Gumey
"We've only done one stage, so there's not much to report."
98: Darren Jones/Paul Burley
"I've got cold feet! They've only just warmed up, so I'm staying in the car for the rest of the day. The Land Rovers were getting stuck in some of the places, too, it's so slippy."
201 Ewen Christie/Michael Eldridge
"We've spent most of our time towing people out of ditches and up hills."
205 Derek Hope/Malcolm Lofthouse
"I've been helping out the cars getting up the hill into Myherin, but that's as exciting as it has got as we've not done many competitive miles."
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