[Speaking in the mid-day service] “This morning was very tricky because sometimes the visibility was fine but other times you really couldn't see anything which made it hard to pick the right braking points. Things got better though as the fog began to clear and it was really fun on that last stage with some big long slides and our time was pretty quick too. I'm feeling quite good at the moment and it's great to be in a point scoring position but there is still a long way to go and a lot of tricky corners left in this rally.”
Chris Atkinson [Subaru WRT]:
“We struggled with the screen which kept fogging up in the last two stages, and it was always on my side so I couldn't see much. I was driving with my head tilted, trying to see round the side. I drove the last stage with my window down which helped, but there was mud coming in. The conditions out there today have just been unreal - torrential rain, full fog, just no visibility. You need absolute confidence in the car, and you can see a few people having problems today.”
[Speaking in the mid-day service] "This morning the stages were tough and the conditions made it very tricky. I think we got caught out in the second stage with fog, as at times visibility was so poor I couldn't see my braking points. We are lacking in a little confidence when the routes are so slippery like this, and can't push as hard as we'd like. Stage one wasn't so bad, but in the next two we had some big sideways moments, especially on stage three when we went into a dip in sixth gear and got 90 degrees sideways; it's so slippery."
Manfred Stohl [OMV Kronos Citroen WRT]:
“We face the same problems like during the whole year. I still had hoped for more here. But even if I gave 150 percent I would win one place, if at all. But this would also mean to provoke an accident. Therefore it is our goal to win points for a final time. The conditions are typically British - rain and a lot of mud. The difference is, normally I feel right at home when it's like this."
