19h
The first crews have already set off on SS4, the 17,23km from Ortega.
19h
Loeb sets the 4th time, 14″6 behind Sordo. The Citroën driver remains in 4th place, 16s behind the new leader. " It went well. The road was still slippery, the ES was not easy. I think the tires are starting to suffer. »
19h
Huttunen suffered a puncture on SS2:
Puncture for @HuttunenRacing in SS2 #WRCLive #WRC #RallyMexico pic.twitter.com/f4tZkSn88V
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) March 9, 2018
19h
Great time from Sordo who clocked a time of 24'05"6 with more than 11 seconds ahead of Evans. The Hyundai driver takes the lead of the event with more than 9 seconds ahead of Meeke. “I really enjoyed the special. I was able to attack and the time was not bad. »
19h
Suninen sets the 7th time, almost 18 seconds behind his teammate Evans. “We lost time. I wasn't in the rhythm. » The Finn is more than half a minute from the lead of the race.
19h
Loeb increased his pace, now having a half-second lead over Neuville in the 3rd split.
19h
Evans improves Meeke's mark by 2″2 and temporarily becomes the closest to the Citroën driver with 5”7 behind before Sordo passes. “It was difficult because the road was slippery and we had to attack. »
19h
Loeb is 1″8 behind Neuville in the 2nd split.
19h
Meeke manages to snatch the provisional scratch with a 1" lead over Tänak after increasing his pace in the last part of the SS. The Citroën driver could well increase his lead. “I put the hard tires on the front. It was quite hard to control but we'll see. »
18h
Mikkelsen is closest to Tänak with 4 tenths behind. The Norwegian is 6s behind the Toyota driver overall. “The rear axle kept slipping away. We have to deal with it. I don't know where it could come from (suspension or differential). »
18h
Tänak takes the provisional scratch with a time of 24'20″8, 4″4 better than Ogier. “It was slow, hot, slippery all at the same time…”
18h
Lappi fails more than 24s from the reference. The Toyota driver is 45s behind Ogier overall. “It’s long and I lacked rhythm. I also have problems with engine overheating (like Latvala). »
18h
Mikkelsen, Evans and Sordo are the only ones to be faster than Neuville in the first splits. No intermediate times yet for Loeb.
18h
Latvala fails 16s behind Ogier. The Toyota driver finds himself 24s behind Ogier in the general classification. “We have big problems with the engine. We lose power. We must preserve it in order to continue. We can't attack. »
18h
Latvala is now almost 13s behind Ogier in the 4th split.
18h
Ogier managed to be faster than Neuville with a 2″5 lead over the Belgian. The Frenchman has a lead of more than 12 seconds over the Hyundai in the general classification.
18h
Neuville sets a first time in 24'27"7. “I tried to do my best. I was much better than in the previous special. We still need to fine-tune the settings to be more efficient when opening the road. »
18h
Nil Solans is stopped in SS2. The Spaniard rides a Fiesta R5 entered in WRC 2.
18h
Ogier came back to 7 tenths behind Neuville in the 3rd split. Latvala is already almost 5 seconds behind the Belgian at the previous intermediate point. Lappi is the slowest with almost 9s delay at the same place.
18h
Tänak is currently the fastest in the 1st split. The Toyota driver has a 1″ lead over Neuville.
