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Service C, Felindre: Notes, quotes

Marcus Gronholm (Peugeot) - leader: "The feeling with the car is good. We tried to keep the same speed because it is fast and we were not taking any risks. We still have two long days to go."

(Peugeot) - second, +25.4s: "It's not so easy as this is not my favourite rally. The last two stages will be very difficult and in the Welsh fog I really don't know what to do."

(Subaru) - third, +36.5s: "The plan is simple, it's just to get to the flying finish and the end of the final stage. But that's easier said than done. Visibility is already poor on the last two stages and it's going to be a difficult end to today."

(Peugeot) - fourth, +48.3s: "It's going quite well. We've changed the diff setting and the car feels better now. We don't need to go at Marcus' speed because we're thinking about the manufacturers' championship."

(Hyundai) - fifth, +1:13.4s: "We had a clean run through five and six with no problems and long may it continue, Carlos is coming up quickly though. I'm not looking forward to darkness and fog, it will be a case of blind faith."

(Ford) - seventh, +1:41.0s: "We had an overshoot on SS5 and had to handbrake it around to get it going in the right direction again. Then on stage six it was not only foggy outside the car but our windscreen misted up and we could hardly see anything at all."

(Skoda) - eighth, +1:42.0s: "We fixed the tracking at the last service so our car was not as nervous. But we felt like we had no traction the last couple of stage. It was almost like the tyres were too hard, but they're not."

(Mitsubishi) - ninth, +1:44.3s: "I'm still having problems with the rear differential and the car is sliding everywhere. Sometimes I am not driving the car, it is driving me. It just wants to go sideways all the time."

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