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A 1m59.2s time for Suninen, a poor effort thanks to that strange issue. Turns out, it's not fuel.
"I lost the brakes," he says. "Maybe fifth or sixth corner, I pressed the pedal and nothing happened."
"I lost the brakes," he says. "Maybe fifth or sixth corner, I pressed the pedal and nothing happened."
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Suninen briefly slows, but then picks up the pace again.
What is this all about? He's swinging the car from side-to-side, is that to help the fuel as well?
What is this all about? He's swinging the car from side-to-side, is that to help the fuel as well?
Suninen is into the stage.
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Ogier is asked about team orders: "Yeah, I have a better position for sure, we tried everything we could and starting second was not easy. It's the dryest Finland I have ever seen. Hats off to Tanak and Toyota, they have been untouchable today."
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Ogier goes quickest of all! A 1m48.7s time edges Neuville by 0.2s.
The four-time champion has had the measure of Neuville today.
The four-time champion has had the measure of Neuville today.
He's 0.4s quicker than Rovanpera to end his day, he remains second in WRC2 overall.
Pietarinen joins the fray from the WRC2 class, before Ogier returns us to the WRC field.
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That means Rovanpera holds a commanding lead in WRC2.
"It feels really nice [to lead my home rally], I had a scary moment earlier when I hit two bigs rocks and one of them cut the tyre. We're happy to be here with the air in the tyre OK."
"It feels really nice [to lead my home rally], I had a scary moment earlier when I hit two bigs rocks and one of them cut the tyre. We're happy to be here with the air in the tyre OK."
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A 1m52.9s is the fastest WRC2 time, two seconds up on Veiby.
Rovanpera, you may have heard of him? He's the next WRC driver to hit the stage now.
Huttunen's the next WRC2 runner to take to the field, he's had a difficult start to his WRC2 career under Hyundai's watch.
He's on for a podium in Finland, which would lift the pressure.
He's on for a podium in Finland, which would lift the pressure.
Veiby's completed his run on three brakes, which is ballsy, after his earlier incident.
We now have a slight lull as WRC2 runner Veiby hits the stage.
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Evans: "It is what it is [on team orders], so overall it's not been a terrible day. We would have liked to do a bit more of course, but tomorrow is a new day.
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Evans finishes half a second down on Lappi, so there's just 0.3s between the two in the battle for sixth overall.
His 1m50.6s is the fourth best time so far.
His 1m50.6s is the fourth best time so far.
Evans takes his turn to start the stage.
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Back to normality now as Lappi goes joint-second fastest with Mikkelsen thanks to a time of 1m50.1s.
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Breen: "Same thing, no reason why it should have done that. It shut down."
He says there wasn't too little fuel, it was a valve problem causing over-fuelling.
He says there wasn't too little fuel, it was a valve problem causing over-fuelling.
Lappi enters the stage.
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Al Qassimi believes the problem is fuel pressure.
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He recovers to set a time of 2m15.7s, 26.8s down on Neuville's benchmark...
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Oh my God. Breen's now slow too.
Just the 3m57.5s for Al Qassimi.
Good to see the fans giving some polite applause to the stricken Citroen.
Breen now joins the stage and hopefully there won't be a traffic jam.
Breen now joins the stage and hopefully there won't be a traffic jam.
He's off and running again!
This is baffling to be honest, readers.
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Scrap that, he's stopped again.
And he finds some power again!
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And it's restarted and he's off again. Not the quickest restart either...
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Al Qassimi's car has stopped early on the stage and his side window is missing.
This is bizarre.
This is bizarre.
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Neuville: "That [bumper] must have been from this morning. It was a difficult day, but we tried to do the best we could with the difficult conditions. It was a big challenge."
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Neuville damaged his rear bumper slightly, making it loose, but as we're at the end of the day, no harm done.
Unless you work in finance at Hyundai, anyway.
Unless you work in finance at Hyundai, anyway.
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Neuville completes the stage in 1m48.9s, 1.2s quicker than Mikkelsen.
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Mikkelsen: "We touched on the last chicane, I tried to push there. Not the best day."
No kidding.
No kidding.
Neuville starts the stage.
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And on the replays, he clouted the front-right of his car, removing bodywork and almost taking the wheel off, which runs rather loosely.
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1m50.1s for Mikkelsen at the stage end.
We're fairly confident that won't remain the best time, considering the Hyundai man's problems.
We're fairly confident that won't remain the best time, considering the Hyundai man's problems.
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Mikkelsen starts the stage.
Latvala, Ostberg and Tanak will be the final three to take to the stage.
Mikkelsen will take to the stage first ahead of Neuville and Al Qassimi.
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