10h

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. »

10h

The crews are now heading to the 19,36km Dyfnant special. Tänak is expected to start at 10:56 a.m.

10h

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.

09h

Images of Evans' exit in SS3:

 

09h

Breen sets the 7th time, 5″4 behind Tänak. The Hyundai driver slipped to 5th place, 3″2 behind Neuville.

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Tidemand finished 36s behind Tänak's time. The M-Sport driver remains behind his teammate Evans.

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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.

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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.

09h

Evans is in difficulty in the special with more than 15 seconds behind in the special. The M-Sport driver apparently missed a turn.

09h

Suninen achieves the same time as Latvala and remains 2 tenths behind the Toyota driver in the general classification.

09h

Latvala ranks 4″2 behind his teammate Tänak. The Finn is 4s behind Neuville in the general classification.

09h

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.

09h

Oliver Solberg is stopped on SS2. The son plays this weekend against his father Petter at the end of his “Hollywood” career.

09h

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.

08h

Neuville ranks 6″2 behind Tänak, dropping 3″5 to Ogier. The Belgian is caught by the Toyota driver for around 2 seconds.

08h

Ogier ranks 2″7 behind Tänak. The Citroën driver maintains the advantage over the Estonian by 3 tenths.

08h

Tänak sets a first time in 9'43″0. The Estonian still seems on track to get ahead of his direct opponents.

08h

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.

08h

The first crews are already within 16,19km of Penmachno where the rain is still falling.

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