Ostberg regains his strength in the audience:

Time to relax before the 2nd loop @MadsOstberg #TourdeCorsica #wrc pic.twitter.com/ln1z8P3kd4

— Michelin Motorsport (@Michelin_Sport) 1th October, 2016

Meeke's DS3 WRC after going off the road:

@krismeeke retired in @TourdeCorseWRC Crew ok @CitroenRacing @AbuDhabiRacing1 pic.twitter.com/CrpowkJFhg

— Matteo Deriu (@Bartolbia84) 1th October, 2016

At the end of SS5, Laurent Pellier took the lead of the JWRC. The Frenchman now has a five-second lead over Yohan Rossel, the previous leader in the category. Martin Koci still completes the provisional podium with an 11 second lead over Simone Tempestini.

The second passage of the special stages of the second stage of the Tour de Corse will begin at 15:20 p.m.

Elfyn Evans (Ford Fiesta R5) slipped to ninth position and remains seven seconds ahead of Mads Ostberg (Ford) who is still struggling on the asphalt. The Welshman maintains a lead of 16 seconds over Jan Kopecky (Skoda Fabia R5) at the head of WRC 2, whose provisional podium is now completed by Yoann Bonato (DS 3 R5). Kevin Abbring (Fabia R5) finds himself 40 seconds behind the Frenchman after suffering a puncture 10km from the finish of the second special of the day.

Camilli sets the 9th provisional time, finishing 6s behind Ostberg. The Frenchman remains in 7th place.

Although Breen was ahead of Latvala in the special, he finally lost 9 tenths to the Finn and found himself almost 17 seconds behind 4th place.

Tänak is the slowest with 33s behind the scratch of Ogier and Mikkelsen.

Tänak is the slowest with 33s behind the scratch of Ogier and Mikkelsen.

Citroën racing has confirmed that Meeke retired on SS6. The Briton damaged a wheel after hitting a stone.

Ostberg finished 21s from the provisional scratch. " It went well. We managed to avoid problems. I still can't get where I want on the asphalt. I'm losing time on this rally but I'm using it to learn. »

Good time from Sordo who finished less than 4 seconds from the provisional scratch and who took 7th place following Meeke's accident. " It went well. I lost a little time towards the middle of the special. The car handles better now. »

Latvala drops 7s to Mikkelsen and finds himself almost 14s behind the Norwegian in the general classification. “I’m not comfortable driving. Braking is complicated and I can't feel confident. »

Neuville limits his delay on Mikkelsen to one second and retains 2nd place for a 5″ lead over the Norwegian. “The car is competitive but it’s very complicated in places and I can’t have a high enough pace. »

Paddon marks time, 18” behind the VW drivers. The Hyundai driver is in 3th place.

Mikkelsen achieves the same time as Ogier. “I feared a puncture but fortunately we escaped it. » The Norwegian is fighting against Neuville for 2nd place.

Ogier sets the first time of SS6 in 18’26”2. “It was a very nice stage but there was quite a bit of dirt towards the middle of the course. I was very careful at times. »

Mikkelsen is 1″2 ahead of Ogier in the first sector. The Norwegian is ahead of Neuville by 1″5 while the two are fighting for 2nd place.