Quotes after Arena Panzerplatte 2

LOEB, Sébastien / ELENA, Daniel: "It was just a great day. This was a great stage and we are in the lead."

LATVALA, Jari-Matti / ANTTILA, Miikka: "I really wanted to be fastest on this stage. This is a very important one. Halfway through I was in front but then I made some mistakes."

SORDO, Daniel / DEL BARRIO, Carlos: stopped on stage

HIRVONEN, Mikko / LEHTINEN, Jarmo: "The conditions now were a lot better than this morning. I was able to find the ideal line quickly."

TÄNAK, Ott / SIKK, Kuldar: stopped on stage

ÖSTBERG, Mads / ANDERSSON, Jonas: "We fought hard with Tänak until he dropped out. We had the same split times."

VANMERKSTEIJN JR.Peter/CHEVAILLIER: stopped on stage

OGIER, Sébastien / INGRASSIA, Julien: "We could move a few positions further up due to the accidents, although it's a pity for the other drivers."

WIEGAND, Sepp / GOTTSCHALK, T.: "Our right front shock absorber had broken in the previous stage. We could only roll through Baumholder."

BURRI, Michael / REY, Stéphane: "The Panzerplatte is extremely demanding. My car is good, but I wasn't good."

GUERRA, Benito / ROZADA, Borja: "This morning we had a puncture but now I am happy. There will be another three tough stages on Sunday."

Due to the forced stops of teams number 5, 15 and 37 the special stage was stopped and continued later on. The teams number 6, 7, 22, 23 and 24 were stopped and are allocated calculated times to be announced.