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Prokop is in and he is 0.1s quicker than Paddon.
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"Not much I can do when the surface is polished like this," says Tanak.
Tanak completes the stage 23.8s down on Meeke.
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A spin at the start of the stage is what cost Paddon so much time. "The conditions aren't so bad but we had a spin at the start of the stage and we had three attempts to restart the car."
Paddon comes through second slowest. The Kiwi is 38.5s slower than Meeke.
Sordo is in 18.2s adrift of Meeke.
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Here is what Evans had to say. "I have no idea what happened. We had a strange rubbing noise in the car and we heard the tyre delaminating."
Evans is in and he's over a minute down following his puncture.
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The overall gap to leader Ogier is now down to 7.7s, but Meeke is adamant that "Ogier is not the target."
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Meeke is in and he is 5.2s quicker than Ogier!
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"It's quite slippery and difficult to find any grip but I'm quite happy with my driving." says a relatively happy Ostberg.
Ostberg completes SS4 10.4s adrift of Ogier.
Mikkelsen comes in 6s down on Ogier but says he is "happy with the stage."
Meeke's final split is in and he is 6.8s faster than Ogier.
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Evans has a puncture.
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"I didn't have the best feeling in the stage," said Ogier. "I will try to push more in other areas."
Evans 11.7s down at the third split.
Ostberg 7.1s down at the final split.
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Ogier completes the stage with a time of 19m02s
At the final split Mikkelsen is 4.1s down on Ogier.
Meeke continues to put the pressure on Ogier. He is now 3.7s quicker at the third split.
We said Paddon will want to have a better afternoon loop but that hasn't started well, the Kiwi is 16.6s down on Ogier's opening split.
Evans has dropped a lot of time at the second split. He is now 5.9s adrift of Ogier.
Sordo is 1.7s off the pace of Ogier through the opening split but, like Evans, he is quicker than Mikkelsen.
At the second split though Meeke is up again! He is 2.9s quicker than Ogier!
At the third split Mikkelsen has lost even more time to Ogier. He is now 4.7s down.
Paddon is underway and will be hoping he can have a better loop than he did this morning.
Decent first split from Evans. The Welshman is 1.4s down on Ogier but is faster than Mikkelsen.
Ostberg has lost a fraction of time to Ogier at the second split. He is now 1.9s adrift of his team-mate.
Wow! Meeke is 2.8s up on Ogier at the opening split!
Evans and Sordo are underway.
At the second split Mikkelsen is 3.8s adrift of Ogier.
Ostberg is quicker than Mikkelsen through the opening split. He is only 0.1s off the pace of Ogier.
Ostberg and Meeke into the stage now.
Ogier back to business again, he is 2.2s up on Mikkelsen at the opening split.
Here is your stage guide, courtesy of Elfyn Evans.
SS1/4 Hafren (19.97 miles)
First up, this is a really nice way to start the event. It’s changed a bit from last year in that we’re doing the full-length stage without Sweet Lamb on the end. It’s very fast and the road’s generally quite wide. If it stays dry, this one usually polishes up a bit and the surface can be quite slippery.
SS1/4 Hafren (19.97 miles)
First up, this is a really nice way to start the event. It’s changed a bit from last year in that we’re doing the full-length stage without Sweet Lamb on the end. It’s very fast and the road’s generally quite wide. If it stays dry, this one usually polishes up a bit and the surface can be quite slippery.
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SS4 is underway!
David Evans
"Hertz and Europcar have finally been ditched for Autosport’s coverage of the final round of the World Rally Championship, in favour of a gorgeous Land Rover Defender. And no ordinary one this, it’s the all-leather Autobiography."
So David Evans has no excuse for not getting to the end of stages. If anything gets in his way, he can stick it in low-ratio and drive over it.
So David Evans has no excuse for not getting to the end of stages. If anything gets in his way, he can stick it in low-ratio and drive over it.
SS4 is hopefully only moments away now. As a pre-stage treat how do you all fancy having a look at how David Evans will be getting between stages this weekend?
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