Quotes after Arena Panzerplatte 1

LOEB, Sébastien / ELENA, Daniel: "It was going quite easy. The soft tyres were working well. I just went through."

SOLBERG, Petter / PATTERSON, Chris: stopped on the stage.

LATVALA, Jari-Matti / ANTTILA, Miikka: "After Petter's problems I need to finish on the podium but drive cautiously at the same time.

NEUVILLE, Thierry / GILSOUL, Nicolas: stopped on the stage.

SORDO, Daniel / DEL BARRIO, Carlos: puncture rear left, changed wheel.

HIRVONEN, Mikko / LEHTINEN, Jarmo: "It was okay, not too bad."

TANAK, Ott / SIKK, Kuldar: "Everything is okay, I've made no big mistake."

ÖSTBERG, Mads / ANDERSSON, Jonas: "We are taking Tanak as an example. I had diagonally mixed tyres. I suffered oversteering in the right-hand corners and understeering in the left-hand corners."

ATKINSON, Chris / PRÈVOT, Stephane: "The tyres were good, on the whole."

VANMERKSTEIJN JR.Peter/CHEVAILLIER: "Fifth gear is stuck - something has broken."

AL ATTIYAH, Nasser / BERNACCHINI, G.: "I haven't found the right rhythm. I am just enjoying the rally and gaining experience."

NOVIKOV, Evgeny / GIRAUDET, Denis: "This is a very demanding stage. There are hundreds of corners on this great stage. I just missed two of them."

OGIER, Sébastien / INGRASSIA, Julien: The soft tyres were OK. Everything went well."

MIKKELSEN, Andreas / FLOENE, Ola: "I suffered heavy understeering and lost some time as a result."

WIEGAND, Sepp / GOTTSCHALK, T.: "I was driving too cautiously. I will be pushing more on the next stage."

OLIVEIRA, Daniel / MAGALHÃES, Carlos: "A drive shaft has broken."

NOBRE, Paulo / PAULA, Edu: "This was the best stage of all. It is nice to be in the finish."