The next special, the longest of Saturday, is due to start around 9:35 a.m. after the delay in starting SS11.

Overall in WRC-2, Veiby increases his lead to 8″3 over Tidemand. Quentin Gilbert (Skoda Fabia R5), 3rd time in the category, maintains his third place in the standings.

In WRC-2, Ole Christian Veiby (Skoda Fabia R5) set the provisional best time ahead of Eric Camilli (Ford Fiesta R5), transparent in the championship, and Pontus Tidemand (Skoda Fabia R5).

The WRC Trophy drivers are done. Valeriy Gorban (Mini) is once again ahead of Raoux (DS3 WRC) and Serderidis (DS3 WRC) and consolidates his lead in the category.

Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) set the best time in the first special stage of the day on Saturday in Poland. Over the opening 15,55 km of the stage, the Finn was the fastest in 8'02″2 and was eight tenths ahead of the Hyundai i20 of Thierry Neuville, who at one time thought he had a puncture after a slight contact with a rock.

Ott Tänak (Ford) fails 2″1 behind Latvala in third position and precedes Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) and Sébastien Ogier (Ford), 2″5 and 5″9 behind Latvala. In the general classification, Thierry Neuville slightly increases his lead over Tänak with a 2″6 margin over the Estonian.

The latter, however, sees Jari-Matti Latvala return at 3″2 for second place. Sébastien Ogier is currently resisting the return of Hayden Paddon with a 1″1 lead over the New Zealand Hyundai driver, who remains the last driver under the minute against Neuville.

Dani Sordo maintains his sixth place at 1'03″6 and precedes the Finns Teemu Suninen (Ford) and Juho Hänninen (Toyota). Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën) and Mads Ostberg (Ford) complete the top 10.

“A good feeling,” admits Neuville. The car handles well and the conditions are correct. I kicked a small rock inside and, for a moment, hoped we didn't have a flat tire. We have to check but so far it seems ok. »

Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) fails to gain the advantage over Latvala (Toyota), after having been ahead. The Belgian fails by eight tenths, but retains his first place overall, increasing his lead over Tänak to 2″6.

" It's tight. The grip is better than I thought. The car is too soft, we need to make it stiffer. » believes Tänak.

Ott Tänak (Ford) failed 2″1 behind Latvala and saw the Finn come back to 3″2 overall in the fight for second place.

Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) in turn took the best time in 8'02″2. The Finn is also ahead of Ott Tänak (Ford) and should make up time on the Estonian, second overall. “This ES is tricky! Very fast and narrow between the trees. If you make a mistake, it's the end immediately. You must be focused. »

“It's not a bad stage for us, but Hayden was very fast…” admits Ogier.

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Sébastien Ogier sets the second provisional time, 3″4 behind Hayden Paddon. The gap between the M-Sport driver and the Hyundai driver for fourth place has now fallen to 1″1.

“The car handles well, but I lost feeling with the brake pedal halfway through,” Paddon said. I had to pump a little towards the end. »

“It’s still slippery, but not like yesterday,” admits Sordo. Notes are important here. I try to do my best. »

Dani Sordo (Hyundai) fails in provisional fifth position, seven tenths behind Hänninen in front of him.

Much better performance for Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) since the New Zealander took the best provisional time in 8'04″7, 4″1 better than the Citroën C3 of Breen and Mikkelsen.

Teemu Suninen (Ford) ranks third provisionally, 4″2 behind the two Citroën C3s of Breen and Mikkelsen. The young Finn signed his first scratch in the premier category yesterday.

Juho Hänninen (Toyota) concluded this special in 8'14″2, 5″4 behind Breen and Mikkelsen.

“I tried to attack but I was a little too careful. I lost a few seconds. » says Lefebvre.

Stéphane Lefebvre places his Citroën C3 in third provisional place at 8″7, a hat-trick for the moment for the French brand at the head of this opening SS of the day.