Rovanperä is now ahead of Greensmith with already half a minute ahead. Tidemand follows 5s behind the Briton. Huttunen and Loubet complete the Top 5 in the category, a few seconds apart. Lefebvre is in 7th place behind Ingram.

Camilli was able to reach the finish but the Frenchman lost more than 4 minutes at the head of the WRC 2 category.

Lefebvre is struggling to distinguish himself in this SS, the Citroën driver being more than 44s behind Rovanperä…

With Camilli stopped on the stage, Rovanperä looks set to increase his lead in WRC 2 by finishing just 14s behind Mikkelsen.

Breen takes the 5th fastest time, 11 seconds behind Tänak, just ahead of Neuville. The Citroën driver is 14 seconds behind the leader. “The part on asphalt was covered in mud, it was detrimental with our position. »

Paddon is almost 19s behind the provisional scratch. The Hyundai drivers seem to be struggling. “I almost got stuck coming out of a turn. »

The M-Sport drivers are efficient since Evans is the closest to Tänak with 3 seconds behind. The winner of Wales Rally GB 2017 is closest to the leader with just over 5s behind.

Suninen stands out with the 3rd time less than 9s from the provisional scratch.

Latvala is also behind with 14 seconds behind Tänak. “I'm having trouble with the car, it's slipping too much on these roads. » The Finn is 16s behind his teammate in the general classification.

Ogier finished 6″4 behind Tänak. The M-Sport driver is in 2nd place, 7″3 behind the leader of the event. “It's difficult, I'm not very comfortable because the grip is not very high. Ott had a very good time. »

Neuville sets the first time in 17'06″1. “I did my best but I suffer from understeer. The car doesn't work the way I want it to. I went wide in a turn. »

Tänak now has around ten seconds ahead of Neuville in the 5th split. Ogier remains 3s behind the Estonian.

Neuville has already passed the 11th km in this special where the pace is very high.

Tänak joins Neuville in the special.