Yohan Rossel continues his ordeal, he still lost more than a minute on this special.

Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda) sets the best time in WRC3 as he has since the start of the day. He is 43 seconds ahead of Lindholm.

With this mishap, Fourmaux fell to third place in WRC2, 17 seconds behind Swede Tidemand.

“We decided to put on snow tires for this special and we punctured at the first corner” commented a frustrated Fourmaux.

2,12 minutes conceded for Fourmaux! The Ford driver had a puncture…

Ole Christian Veiby sets the eighth fastest time aboard his Hyundai, 20 seconds behind Ogier.

Takamoto Katsuta (Toyota) sets the 4th time, four seconds behind. Very good time from the Japanese, by far his best of the day.

Esapekka Lappi remains in control of the rally with a 2”8 lead over Dani Sordo and 10”5 over Sébastien Ogier. Evans is 16 seconds behind.

Dani Sordo (Hyundai) sets the fifth fastest time, 9”1 behind Ogier.

4th time for Esapekka Lappi 9”6 behind Sébastien Ogier.

On snow tires, Lappi lost a lot of time in the intermediate times.

“Interesting conditions” according to Rovanpera.

Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota) loses three seconds on Ogier and places himself in second position.

The Estonian is in third place at 5 seconds.

Ott Tanak (Hyundai) kicked a boot and stopped briefly.

Sébastien Ogier sets the best time, 3 seconds ahead of Evans. The two men are separated by six seconds overall.

“It’s still tricky, nothing has changed” commented Evans (Toyota).

11'56"6 for Elfyn Evans at the finish. The same time as SS4 to within a tenth.  

Ogier has a 1”8 lead over Evans at the first intermediate.