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"I'm glad to get tonight over with, to be honest," says Evans. "In there it was quite enjoyable. The previous one was difficult!
"We do have the tyre to win, for sure. But you still have to drive it."
"We do have the tyre to win, for sure. But you still have to drive it."
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SS16 results:
Leading stage times:
1 Evans 10m26.1s
2 Neuville +0.8s
3 Tanak +0.9s
4 Lappi +1.8s
5 Ogier +3.3s
6 Latvala +3.6s
Overall leaderboard:
1 Evans
2 Ogier +53.1s
3 Neuville +53.6s
4 Latvala +57.7s
5 Mikkelsen +1m03.6s
6 Tanak +1m06.1s
7 Meeke +1m27.8s
8 Paddon +2m04.0s
9 Lappi +2m41.0s
10 Sordo +3m35.8s
Leading stage times:
1 Evans 10m26.1s
2 Neuville +0.8s
3 Tanak +0.9s
4 Lappi +1.8s
5 Ogier +3.3s
6 Latvala +3.6s
Overall leaderboard:
1 Evans
2 Ogier +53.1s
3 Neuville +53.6s
4 Latvala +57.7s
5 Mikkelsen +1m03.6s
6 Tanak +1m06.1s
7 Meeke +1m27.8s
8 Paddon +2m04.0s
9 Lappi +2m41.0s
10 Sordo +3m35.8s
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Evans is through - he wins the stage by 0.8s and leads the rally overnight by 53.1s over Ogier.
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And Evans is still fastest at split two.
Tanak comes in second fastest to Neuville, losing out by just 0.1s.
So that pack now looks like this:
2 Ogier
3 Neuville +0.5s
4 Latvala +4.6s
5 Mikkelsen +10.5s
6 Tanak +13.0s
So that pack now looks like this:
2 Ogier
3 Neuville +0.5s
4 Latvala +4.6s
5 Mikkelsen +10.5s
6 Tanak +13.0s
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Ogier says he did indeed pull off that time with only three brakes working. Amazing.
"We had a damaged brake on the last stage so I did this stage with only three brakes. It's a miracle... We couldn't push," he says.
"We had a damaged brake on the last stage so I did this stage with only three brakes. It's a miracle... We couldn't push," he says.
The third title contender Tanak fell to sixth on the last stage but he's pulling some time back here. Not enough to gain any places yet, though.
Ogier completes the stage third fastest, 2.5s off Neuville.
So they'll begin Sunday in second and third most likely, Ogier just 0.5s ahead of Neuville!
So they'll begin Sunday in second and third most likely, Ogier just 0.5s ahead of Neuville!
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Neuville is still frustrated about how much time he lost in the fog onthe last stage.
"I don't know what I can say," says Neuville. "On the stage before I was really driving fast, I couldn't drive faster. I didn't expect that time we lost. It's so disappointing, so disappointing.
"All the time you never give up and then you get shit like this."
"I don't know what I can say," says Neuville. "On the stage before I was really driving fast, I couldn't drive faster. I didn't expect that time we lost. It's so disappointing, so disappointing.
"All the time you never give up and then you get shit like this."
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All good for rally leader Evans - he's fastest of all at split one.
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Neuville sets the fastest time so far, a second quicker than Lappi. He's only 0.3s faster than title rival Ogier on the splits so far, though, and he started the stage 3s behind in third place.
Latvala is second fastest so far, 1.8s off Lappi.
That means Latvala actually pulls a bit further away from Mikkelsen - he's 5.9s clear at the end of the day.
"I was quite happy," says Latvala. "A little bit of understeer in some places but overall we had a good run and towards the end when it was raining the grip was quite good."
That means Latvala actually pulls a bit further away from Mikkelsen - he's 5.9s clear at the end of the day.
"I was quite happy," says Latvala. "A little bit of understeer in some places but overall we had a good run and towards the end when it was raining the grip was quite good."
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Meeke comes in fourth fatest, 4.8s off the benchmark that still belongs to Lappi.
That leaves Meeke 24s behind Mikkelsen and probably in seventh overnight.
"That was beautiful, really nice," says Meeke. "I didn't have a great run, to be honest. After the stage before you find yourself hesitating even when it's OK."
That leaves Meeke 24s behind Mikkelsen and probably in seventh overnight.
"That was beautiful, really nice," says Meeke. "I didn't have a great run, to be honest. After the stage before you find yourself hesitating even when it's OK."
Mikkelsen changed the angle of his lights after struggling in the fog on the last stage, then found they were totally wrong for the nearly-fogless Dyfnant.
"There are so many strange times, I don't really know where I am," he adds.
Fair enough, Andreas, you could be pretty much second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth at the end of this.
"There are so many strange times, I don't really know where I am," he adds.
Fair enough, Andreas, you could be pretty much second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth at the end of this.
Ogier is doing fine - he's within 0.7s of pacesetter and title rival Neuville at the first split.
Latvala is a couple of seconds off Mikkelsen's pace on the splits so far, which leaves him vulnerable to losing the fourth place he's just gained.
Ogier is onto the stage and his times will be watched very closely. There have been reports he's carrying brake damage.
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Having lost ground in the fog, Neuville is getting back on it - he's fastest so far at split one.
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"No comment," is all Sordo will offer. "The car is fantastic, no problem. Just a difficult day."
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Sordo seems to be in trouble again - he's lost another half a minute on this stage.
It looks like Mikkelsen might be being a touch careful here, are the stage is getting churned up as more cars come through. He's a couple of seconds off Lappi and Paddon.
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"It's obviously a lot more enjoyable without the fog," says Paddon. "I probably didn't commit enough for the grip."
He adds that the WRC should do more night rallying.
We agree.
He adds that the WRC should do more night rallying.
We agree.
Meeke's first split is slowest of the four frontrunners in so far, though not by much. He's 3.3s off the pace Lappi set there and 2.3s down on Mikkelsen.
Paddon comes in 2.2s slower than Lappi. These two are pretty lonely in eighth and ninth places now.
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Lappi's take on fog news: "Now it was visible. The first one was quite dangerous, to be honest, but it was the same for everyone. That was quite OK. Much better than the last gravel stages. I don't know if the time was good but at least I felt a bit more grip now."
The split times so far are much closer than the huge swings we were seeing last time. Lappi is 1.4s up on Paddon at the final split, Mikkelsen is a second off Lappi at split one.
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But first, Al-Qassimi with fog news - he says it's definitely clearer on this one.
Sordo, who lost a lot of time on the last stage, Mikkelsen and Meeke are on the stage now too.
Suggestions at the stage end are that the fog shouldn't such an issue on this one, though it closed in very quickly on the previous stage.
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Paddon was one of the pacesetters on the last stage but he hasn't started this one so well - Lappi is 3s quicker than him at the first split.
It's back to the scheduled two-minute gap between cars now with Paddon onto the stage after Lappi.
Lappi has started the stage a minute late, which might be a wise move if he feared catching Al-Qassimi in the fog. The Toyota was over 1m40s faster than the Citroen on the last stage so the two minute gap was a bit tight.
Then it'll be Lappi, who's up to ninth after Sordo's troubled stage last time but a long way behind Paddon ahead.
Green flag
The stage is under way with Khalid Al-Qassimi in the extra Citroen, who began tonight 25th, first up.
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A quick guide to today's final stage, which is now just over five minutes away:
SS16 Dyfnant (11.12 miles)
One of the most famous and visited stages on the route, with the hairpin right in the middle (accessed from car park I) a really popular place to watch.
If you walk away from that junction in the same direction of the cars – always following the marshal's instructions – you'll come to a fast right-hander which has become known as Irish Corner in recent years.
Dyfnant flows nicely, but the surface can change quite a lot second time through. This one tends to polish a bit, which makes it a bit more slippery on the re-run.
Having said that, in 2015 it rained so hard the mud was washed away, exposing the stone base beneath, and the grip got better.
SS16 Dyfnant (11.12 miles)
One of the most famous and visited stages on the route, with the hairpin right in the middle (accessed from car park I) a really popular place to watch.
If you walk away from that junction in the same direction of the cars – always following the marshal's instructions – you'll come to a fast right-hander which has become known as Irish Corner in recent years.
Dyfnant flows nicely, but the surface can change quite a lot second time through. This one tends to polish a bit, which makes it a bit more slippery on the re-run.
Having said that, in 2015 it rained so hard the mud was washed away, exposing the stone base beneath, and the grip got better.
Just over 10 minutes till they do it again on the Dyfnant stage that concludes Saturday. There's the potential for another huge swing on that one given the way the pack was shaken up on Aberhirnant.
And Tanak's comments at the stage end were all swearing. He felt going any faster was impossible in the fog.
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Evans's summary of all that was just: "completely mad".
Yikes.
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