Esapekka Lappi finished 8″5 behind Neuville’s time but 5″2 ahead of Tänak, which means that the Finn overtakes the Estonian overall and regains 2nd place!

Thierry Neuville pushes hard on this 10th special and achieves the best time in 17'13″6, or 8″1 faster than Greensmith! The Belgian, now leading the Acropolis Rally, absolutely wants to make up for his blunder in Ypres and is aiming for a first victory this season.

Neuville: " I am surprised. We had a good run this morning and I think the tire choice was good too, but I struggled a bit with the rear balance and had to adapt a bit. It's nice that we can extend a lead on a loop like this. This gives us confidence for the afternoon, but there is still a long way to go. »

Promoted 4th overall after Loubet and Loeb's problems, Dani Sordo finished the special 1″8 behind Greensmith's time.

Kalle Rovanperä finishes this 10th special very, very painfully, more than 5 minutes behind Greensmith's best time. The Finn, fair play, parked to let Ott Tänak pass in front of him at the end of the special.

Ott Tänak crossed the line 5”6 behind Greensmith’s time. The Estonian is not as fast as on the first special stage of the day…

Tanak: “In the previous stage we had problems with the differential and this causes excessive tire wear. »

And it's beaten by Gus Greensmith for a second pile, but the Briton complains of a lack of power...

Greensmith: “I'm a little surprised because the engine was cutting out throughout the stage. We definitely lost a lot of time because of that. »

New best time for Elfyn Evans, in 17'22″7, 12″9 faster than Breen.

Evans: “It was very slippery here. The wheels spin a lot and it's not easy. »

11″5 behind for Takamoto Katsuta on the time of Craig Breen, who passes the Japanese in the general and now moves up to provisional 8th place.

Craig Breen crossed the line with a new best time, in 17'35″6. The Irishman moved up to 9th place overall after Loeb's retirement and Rovanperä's problems.

Breen: “It’s disappointing for everyone [Loeb’s withdrawal]. No one can get a break, I'm not the only one. So many people put in so much effort and everything fell apart for them. This stage was incredibly slippery and I wasn't able to take advantage of it. »

That's it, Rovanperä took the start, but with a very damaged Yaris! The left rear wheel isn't even straight!

Jourdan Serderidis concluded the special with a first benchmark time of 18'52″3.

Kalle Rovanperä has not yet started the special, it was Elfyn Evans who started before his teammate.

After the upheavals of SS9, here is the new general classification before the start of SS10: 

Acropolis Rally ❌

We regained the lead this morning at the head of the rally after a good SS8… before the mechanics decided otherwise on the road leading us to the next one 😢 #WRC #AcropolisRally #MSPORTERS #Redbull #SFR #RichardMille pic.twitter.com/EKZRhZiXZm

- Sébastien Loeb (@SebastienLoeb) September 10, 2022

The start of SS10 (Tarzan 1 – 23,37 km) is scheduled for 10:08 p.m.