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Evans says he is really struggling for traction, and it shows. He is faster than Ostberg by 1.1s but he is once again way off the pace of the leaders.
Meeke again stating that Ogier isn't his target. He is right, but we would love to see a battle for the lead. Still a long way to go.
The overall gap is now 19.3s between Ogier and Meeke.
Meeke loses a big chunk of time to Ogier, 5.6s to be exact.
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Ostberg has water in the footwell of the car as a result of a hole in the floor, and it's causing him problems. "The pedals are getting slippery now. There's a lot of water in here."
Ostberg comes in 11s down on Ogier and is currently slowest.
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Mikkelsen says he "made a few mistakes" but nothing that has set him back too much.
Mikkelsen, who won the previous stage of course, completes Dyfi 8.3s down on Ogier.
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Ogier says there was more water on SS9. "There was more water on the first stage. It's not really getting better for the people behind either, it's bad for everyone."
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Ogier completes the stage 8.5s faster than Neuville.
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Neuville is happy with his progress this morning but the ruts are filling with water. "There's a lot of standing water in the ruts."
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Neuville has made his way through SS10 with a time of 15m31.7s.
Mikkelsen at the second split is 1.2s adrift of Neuville.
We're on SS10 now by the way, in case you got caught up in all the crossover confusion.
At the second split Ogier is 1.7s quicker than Neuville.
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Overall standings after SS9:
1 Ogier 1h45m39.5s
2 Meeke +13.7s
3 Mikkelsen +38.4s
4 Sordo +1m36.6s
5 Ostberg +1m46.8s
6 Tanak +1m50.2s
7 Paddon +2m21.1s
8 Evans +2m43s
9 Lefebvre +4m11.5s
10 Bertelli +4m30.9s
1 Ogier 1h45m39.5s
2 Meeke +13.7s
3 Mikkelsen +38.4s
4 Sordo +1m36.6s
5 Ostberg +1m46.8s
6 Tanak +1m50.2s
7 Paddon +2m21.1s
8 Evans +2m43s
9 Lefebvre +4m11.5s
10 Bertelli +4m30.9s
Bertelli goes 10th fastest.
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SS9 results:
1 Mikkelsen 7m14.4s
2 Meeke +0.4s
3 Paddon +0.9s
4 Tanak +1.3s
5 Sordo +1.8s
6 Ogier +1.8s
7 Kubica +2s
8 Neuville +2.7s
1 Mikkelsen 7m14.4s
2 Meeke +0.4s
3 Paddon +0.9s
4 Tanak +1.3s
5 Sordo +1.8s
6 Ogier +1.8s
7 Kubica +2s
8 Neuville +2.7s
Lefebvre comes in 11th fastest just 1s down on Evans.
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We have another crossover now as SS10 is underway. Here's Elfyn Evan's stage guide.
SS8/10 Dyfi (16.06 miles)
Dyfi is another great stage and being right next door to Gartheiniog, it’s very similar. We’ve done this stage in all sorts of variations and ran it split into two as few years ago – it’s good to have it back to its full length. It’s quite fast in some places – but there’s also some technical sections in there as well. And, in felling some trees, the stages had been opened up quite a lot. It’s a bit longer than last year, there’s an extra loop in the middle, which will be nice – I’m all for spending a bit longer with my Ford Fiesta RS WRC in ‘stage’ mode.
SS8/10 Dyfi (16.06 miles)
Dyfi is another great stage and being right next door to Gartheiniog, it’s very similar. We’ve done this stage in all sorts of variations and ran it split into two as few years ago – it’s good to have it back to its full length. It’s quite fast in some places – but there’s also some technical sections in there as well. And, in felling some trees, the stages had been opened up quite a lot. It’s a bit longer than last year, there’s an extra loop in the middle, which will be nice – I’m all for spending a bit longer with my Ford Fiesta RS WRC in ‘stage’ mode.
We're watching Kubica now though and he crosses the line seventh fastest just 0.2s behind Ogier.
Prokop completes 7.7s down on Evans.
Tanak is now only 3.4s behind Ostberg overall.
Tanak is through and completes the stage and slots in fourth fastest, 0.5s ahead of Sordo and only 0.4s adrift of Paddon.
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Wise words from Paddon. "We'll just keep doing our own thing. Conditions are tricky and anything could happen."
Paddon was really giving it some through there and he goes third fastest, 0.9s faster than Sordo.
Sordo goes third with an identical time to Ogier! Great time by Dani who extends his overall gap to Ostberg.
Sordo's Hyundai nearly snaps on him but the Spaniard holds it well.
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"A lot of standing water in there," says Evans.
Evans comes in 0.3s slower than Ostberg and 4.6s off the pace of Mikkelsen.
At the stage end Meeke says he is enjoying his driving. We're enjoying watching your driving at the moment Kris.
Meeke is in and he's slower than Mikkelsen but has taken 1.4s out of Ogier.
Meeke is really on it this morning he is throwing that Citroen around.
Meeke 0.2s down on Neuville through the opening split.
Ostberg completes the stage 1.6s down on Neuville.
Very murky and muddy out there today, which is just the way we like it.
Evans is into the stage and is greeted by huge cheers from the Welsh crowd.
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Great time from Mikkelsen! He is 1.8s quicker than Ogier.
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And he is faster at the stage end as well by 0.9s.
Ogier is 1.7s faster through the opening split though.
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