The first crews are already at the finish of SS5.

Lappi improves his teammate Hänninen's time by 4 seconds, finishing less than a second behind Latvala.

Hänninen set the 6th provisional time, 4″9 behind the benchmark. The Toyota driver finds himself almost 7s behind Neuville in the general classification.

The strategies this time are similar. All the crews relied on hard tires, with the Hyundai and Toyota drivers playing it safe by taking two spare wheels.

Evans is still the furthest behind with more than 6s behind Latvala's provisional scratch.

Sordo is closest to Latvala with 3 tenths behind. “There is more grip and I have more confidence. » The Hyundai driver comes back to less than 2 seconds from Tänak.

Latvala takes the provisional scratch with a time of 7'08″1, or 2″6 better than Neuville, whom he now leads in the standings by 2″4. “That’s what we want to do. Something was wrong with the car this morning but we were able to improve it. »

Tänak finished a tenth ahead of Ogier. The Estonian is 2″7 behind the Championship leader in the rally standings.

Neuville improves Ogier's time by one second with a time of 7'10″7. The Belgian is around ten seconds behind the M-Sport driver in the general classification. “I have to experience the car with this type of tyre. She was still moving quite a bit but it was okay. »

Ogier achieved a first time of 7'11″7, 5s better than Tänak.

The sun remains out this afternoon with high temperatures. However, the weather could deteriorate tomorrow.