"There were many positive aspects to our day, too, though. First of all, the C4 has once again shown that it is a very competitive and reliable car, and Dani and Marc went remarkably well today. They managed to shrug off the pressure from their rivals despite being first on the road this morning. They then dropped a few seconds with a puncture on SS13, but they are still on top tonight. For the final leg, there is still everything to play for, because our opponents seemed to hit problems at the end of the day's last stage, dropping 20 seconds. I hope that they manage to sort everything out so that the fight can continue, and that Dani and Marc will succeed in staying ahead of them tomorrow."
Malcolm Wilson [BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT - team director]:
"We monitored Dani Sordo's split times and gave our drivers his final stage time. It was down to the drivers to implement the team strategy that we discussed before the event and that strategy was to run second and third on the road for the final day."
David Richards [Subaru WRT - managing director]:
"Chris did exactly what he needed today and as a result was able to climb to fourth overall. He should be happy with his position after two very difficult days. Clearly it has been a very tough day for Petter and Phil with all the problems they have experienced and it is a very disappointing end to their rally."
Malcolm Wilson [Stobart VK M-Sport Ford WRT - team boss]:
"All three crews have done a great job today and not made any mistakes at all. It’s great to see Gigi fighting his way back up the leaderboard with three fastest times especially with the ongoing battle for the lead. We’ve also got an exciting internal battle within the Stobart team with Henning and Matthew quite close heading into the last day tomorrow. They know they need to finish safely though as both are on for a good haul of Drivers’ Championship points."
Paul Wilding [Suzuki WRT - team manager]:
"Today has been really encouraging for the team. You have to remember that these stages are very, very tough and the drivers are here for the first time. It's certainly not an easy event and running that bit further back on the road, P-G has been confronted by some fairly big rocks. But he and Jonas have come through all of that without any trouble. The car has performed really well all day - we haven't done anything to the car. We made some small adjustments to the settings at service, but they were about fine-tuning the car to the conditions, nothing else. It's been good to see the speed coming from the car. Now we're looking forward to tomorrow - although that's certain to be another big challenge, particularly the Jordan River stage."
