The crews are preparing to resume the start of the Piedigriggio – Pont de Castirla special. Ogier has already won the scratch this morning in 7'59"9. The m-Sport driver is expected to start at 16:31 p.m.

Michel Nandan (Hyundai): “It's not yet that for Thierry (Neuville), but it's already a little better. He obviously wants to be the fastest. I understand how he felt when he arrived at the end of the special, finishing 10s behind Ogier. He was perhaps a little too careful in the first pass. »

Jan Kopecky (Skoda) retains the lead in WRC 2, now having a lead of almost 17 seconds over Yoann Bonato (Citroën). Ole Christian Veiby (Skoda) follows in third place with a few seconds ahead of the French Pierre-Louis Loubet (Hyundai) and Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën).

Bouffier signs the worst time with 49 seconds behind Ogier's scratch. “It's not enough…” The Frenchman is in 9th place.

Evans is at the finish but his time is still not known.

It's Sordo's turn to finish it off. The Spaniard sets the 6th time, half a minute behind Ogier. “This SS wasn't very good, but the course is complicated. » The Hyundai driver retains provisional 6th place with a 2″8 lead over Lappi.

Lappi sets the 5th time half a minute from the benchmark, 11 seconds behind his teammate Tänak. “It’s obviously better than this morning. With the heat, we have more grip. » The Toyota driver maintains a 9s lead over Mikkelsen.

Tänak sets the 4th provisional time, around 19s behind Ogier's scratch. “The others are fast, the time is perhaps not so good. »

Mikkelsen, on the other hand, loses big. The Norwegian finished 31s off the provisional scratch, 21s more than his teammate Neuville. “I try to go fast but I have understeer. I can't find my rhythm. » The Hyundai driver finds himself 1'24 from the lead of the race.

Neuville limits the damage well by finishing at 10″3. The adjustments made to the assistance seem to have borne fruit. Nevertheless, the Hyundai driver finds himself 33s from the lead of the race. “I tried, we’ll see. I lost less time than this morning. I had no problems with the car. »

Ogier improved his morning time by 9 seconds with a time of 31'44"1. “I still had a good pace even if some corners were less clean. »

Neuville's intermediate in the 6th split is not yet known but Mikkelsen is 25s behind Ogier at this point. Meeke is 12s behind.

Evans was a little more than 2s behind Ogier in the 2nd split, but it was from the 3rd intermediate that the leader of the event seemed to have increased his pace.

Tänak, at the foot of the provisional podium, is almost 6s behind Neuville in the 4th split. The Toyota driver is struggling to keep up with the pace of the Top 3.

Neuville is now 6″1 behind Ogier in the 5th sector. Mikkelsen is now 16″1 behind the benchmark in the previous split. Meeke is 7”2 behind in the same place. Latvala is almost 14s behind.

Neuville follows Ogier at 4”7 in the 3rd sector. Mikkelsen is still behind with 12″5 behind in the 3rd split. Meeke clocks in at 4”4 in the same spot.

The differences seem less spectacular than this morning. Neuville is one second behind Ogier in the 2nd intermediate. Mikkelsen and Meeke are similarly behind the Frenchman in the first split.