Oliver Solberg clarified that his accident was caused by a mechanical failure in the steering system. “I couldn’t turn anymore. It's not what we wanted but we're okay. »
The crews are now heading to the 19,36km Dyfnant special. Tänak is expected to start at 10:56 a.m.
In WRC 2, Loubet is in control with a little more than 5 seconds ahead of Veiby. Petter Solberg is 3rd, around twenty seconds behind the Frenchman, ahead of the Fiesta R9 from Fourmaux by 5 seconds. Oliver Solberg retired after going off the road where he found himself stuck in a ditch.
Images of Evans' exit in SS3:
The story of Elfyn Evans and all the fans present. The galés get damaged on the side of the Ford Fiesta #WRC pic.twitter.com/PLe78WIpqf
— Iván Fernández (@fernischumi) October 4, 2019
Breen sets the 7th time, 5″4 behind Tänak. The Hyundai driver slipped to 5th place, 3″2 behind Neuville.
Tidemand finished 36s behind Tänak's time. The M-Sport driver remains behind his teammate Evans.
Evans fails more than 43 seconds behind Tänak. The M-Sport driver appears to be having difficulty driving his Ford WRC which is damaged at the rear.
Things are going better for Lappi who ranks 4s from the scratch, 1″3 behind his teammate Ogier. The Finn is ahead of Mikkelsen by half a second in the general classification.
Evans is in difficulty in the special with more than 15 seconds behind in the special. The M-Sport driver apparently missed a turn.
Suninen achieves the same time as Latvala and remains 2 tenths behind the Toyota driver in the general classification.
Latvala ranks 4″2 behind his teammate Tänak. The Finn is 4s behind Neuville in the general classification.
Meeke is closest to his teammate Tänak with 1″6 behind. The Northern Irishman finds himself more than 9s ahead of Ogier in the general classification.
Oliver Solberg is stopped on SS2. The son plays this weekend against his father Petter at the end of his “Hollywood” career.
Mikkelsen is the slowest at the finish with more than 7s behind the provisional scratch. The Norwegian is around ten seconds behind Ogier in the general classification and more than 7s behind his teammate Neuville.
Neuville ranks 6″2 behind Tänak, dropping 3″5 to Ogier. The Belgian is caught by the Toyota driver for around 2 seconds.
Ogier ranks 2″7 behind Tänak. The Citroën driver maintains the advantage over the Estonian by 3 tenths.
Tänak sets a first time in 9'43″0. The Estonian still seems on track to get ahead of his direct opponents.
Ogier is 2″1 behind Tänak in the first split. Neuville was ahead of the Frenchman by a few tenths but the Belgian has just made a slight error by sliding on the road.
The first crews are already within 16,19km of Penmachno where the rain is still falling.