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In the Junior WRC, Nil Solans took the scratch ahead of Robert Duggan and Terry Folb.

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The next special: Plage du Liamone – Sarrola-Carcopino 1 (29,12 km) will start at 11:14 a.m.

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Reminder: competitors will not be able to benefit from full assistance during the middle of the day.

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Third time in WRC-2 for Stéphane Sarrazin (Skoda) in 20'53″6, 6″5 behind Mikkelsen.

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In R-GT, Romain Dumas (Porsche) is ahead of François Delecour (Abarth 124 Rally) by 26″3.

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Juho Hänninen arrives at the finish of the SS with a Toyota Yaris bruised on the right rear. Traces of a fire are visible on the Yaris. “I went wide from a corner and hit a bridge,” explains Hänninen. We stopped to see. Then there was a fire at right-back and it took a while to contain it. »

According to WRC reporters at the finish of the special, the suspension would be affected.

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Pierre-Louis Loubet (Ford) sets the fourth provisional time in WRC-2, but encounters problems with overheating of the rear brakes.  

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Bryan Bouffier (Ford) sets the fifth provisional time in WRC-2 behind Teemu Suninen (Ford). “I had a very bad feeling which was a shame,” admits the winner of the 2013 edition. “I couldn't position my car well and that meant I couldn't accelerate at the right time. You will need to change the settings. »

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With the problems of Juho Hänninen (Toyota), Kris Meeke (Citroën) is heading towards the first scratch of this 2017 Tour de Corse. The Briton is ahead of Sébastien Ogier by 5″7 and the Hyundai i20 of Thierry Neuville by 11″.

Ott Tänak (Ford) and Dani Sordo (Hyundai) follow in fourth position tied ahead of the second Citroën C3 of Craig Breen. The first Toyota Yaris from Latvala is in seventh position at 22″4. Paddon (Hyundai), Evans (Ford) and Lefebvre (Citroën) complete the top 10.

In WRC-2, Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda) provisionally sets the best time ahead of Eric Camilli (Ford). Jan Kopecky (Skoda) is in third position in the category, not without having experienced some power steering problems in the last few kilometers.

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Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda Fabia R5) is faster than Eric Camilli (Ford Fiesta R5) on this SS1. 20'47″1 for the Norwegian against 20'49″3 for the Frenchman.

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Eric Camilli (Ford Fiesta R5) arrives at the finish of the special, while we were waiting for Juho Hänninen's Toyota Yaris. The Finn was at 5″7 in the third partial. Camilli admits that the stopped Yaris let out a lot of smoke.

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Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën) is not at the same pace as his teammates with the C3. The Frenchman only set the tenth provisional time, 36″4 behind Meeke and almost 20″ behind Breen.

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For his part, Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) believes that improvements still need to be made with his performance. “The problem remains the cut ropes. There's a lot of mud and that doesn't help with confidence. »

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Elfyn Evans admits to struggling with the grip provided by her Dmack tires.

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Elfyn Evans (Ford) then Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) finished in turn. The Dmack driver achieves the 9th provisional time at 31″9 and follows the New Zealand driver in the ranking, in eighth position at 28″6.  

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16″9 behind for Craig Breen (Citroën) on his teammate Kris Meeke, and sixth provisional time. “I'm pretty happy. I changed my driving style on asphalt and I am satisfied with time. I tried to smooth out my style a little. »

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“I really enjoyed it,” Meeke admits. The car runs fantastic. Thank you to my team for the work accomplished in testing. It's a good start, but there is a long way to go. »

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Kris Meeke (Citroën) confirms his partials by setting the provisional best time in 19'56″5. The Briton rejects Sébastien Ogier at 5″7 and Neuville at 11″.

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Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) comes within 5″3 of Sébastien Ogier’s time on this SS1. “The last part was very slippery with dust. I tried to drive well but I'm not 100% happy with the car and struggled with understeer. I wasn't in the right line sometimes. It wasn't a perfect ES. »

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