Service M - Sotico: Gronholm relaxed
Marcus Gronholm (Peugeot) - rally leader: "I had one heavy landing when I touched the sump a little bit, but it's not so bad. I'm quite confident, but we still have three stages to go."
(Subaru)- second, +33.9s: "I can't push hard in the narrow stuff in the trees, but in the wide stuff I pushed hard. I can't catch Marcus, but I'm trying to make sure second place is safe."
(Peugeot) - third, +1m04.8s: "I pushed hard to take some time from Richard but it's not enough. I thought my time was good, but his was better."
(Peugeot) - fourth, +1m18.0s: "There's a lot of loose gravel; these stages don't clean very quickly. I'm just looking to score manufacturers' points."
(Ford) - fifth, +1m49.6s: "We were hoping to take some time off Harri, but he took time out of us. It's going to be fifth."
(Mitsubishi) - sixth, +2m52.3s: "We had the right tyres. We changed the balance of the cars, but now the grip at the rear is more progressive."
(Subaru) - seventh, +3m03.6s: "We were fastest at the first split, but 6km from the end I got a right front puncture."
Asked whether he can catch sixth-placed Makinen, Solberg said: "Tommi is very good in these Bunnings stages. It's going to be difficult."
(Peugeot) - eighth, +4m16.2s: "It was slippery and very fast in that last stage. It's an all-new experience for me."
(Ford) - ninth, +4m39.8s: "I think we went too soft with the tyres. The car was moving around a lot towards the end."
(Hyundai) - 10th, +6m07.8s: "It's really going to clean in there. There's a helluva lot of loose gravel."
(Mitsubishi) - 11th, +6m43.8s: "It's a new experience for me running second on the road. The car feels good."
(Hyundai) - 12th, +6m47.9s: "What can we say? Still trying hard as possible. The car is fine."
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