Luka presents report day2 - Marcus Gronholm sets the fastest time (32:33.0) in the second passage from the longest stage of the rally and he leads now the rally by 35.7 sec ahead of Petter Solberg. Sebastien Loeb was third in the stage and now also third in the overall classification despite the fact that he was the fastest driver until the 40km. of the stage before he had a puncture, as many other drivers.
LOEB Sebastien / ELENA Daniel
“I had a puncture in the front right tire in the last 8 km. It was very difficult to drive.”
GRONHOLM Marcus / RAUTIAINEN Timo
“I am very happy with the time but there is still a long way to go.”
HIRVONEN Mikko / LEHTINEN Jarmo
“I had a puncture before the end of the stage. I was 10 sec faster from Atkinson, so I hope this hasn’t changed.” He finished the stage with a flat front right tire.
STOHL Manfred / Ms MINOR Ilka
“I hit a rock and I had a puncture. The tire was completely off, so I had to stop and change it.”
SOLBERG Petter / MILLS Philip
“In the middle of the stage I broke the front left dumper and I had no dumping for the rest of the stage.”
ATKINSON Chris / PREVOT Stephane
“For the last 10 km I drove carefully to avoid any mistakes.”
LATVALA Jari Matti / ANTTILA Miika
“I had two front and one rear punctures!”
SOLBERG Henning / MENKERUD Cato
“I am driving very carefully in order to avoid mistakes.”
CZ: Defekty v RZ 14 zproblematizovaly vystoupení řady jezdců:
P. Solberg: "V polovině vložky se zničil levý přední tlumič. Zbytek rozbité erzety jsem absolvoval bez něj."
Loeb: "Udělal jsem defekt asi 8 kilometrů před cílem RZ. Bylo těžké s ním řídit."
Hirvonen: "Defekt jsem udělal před cílem rychlostní zkoušky. Přesto jsem byl rychlejší než Atkinson, tak to snad vydrží."
Stohl: "Trefil jsem kámen a udělal defekt. Guma byla úplně vyfouknutá, musel jsem zastavit a vyměnit kolo."
Latvala: "Měl jsem dva defekty vepředu a jeden vzadu!"