36. ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2018

WRC #9WRC2 #9WRC3 #9
16. 8. – 19. 8. 2018, Bostalsee • asphalt 325.76 km • total distance including road sections - 1221.89 km • Other years
#10
Citroën C3 WRC icon
EG-***
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
RC1
Final results
Accident
Stage results
1. leg Time Pos. km/h
s/km
Overall Pos. after
SS1 SSS St. Wendel (2.04 km) 2:15.0 20.
10. class RC1

20. WRC
54.4 km/h
1.86 s/km
2:15.0 20.
10. class RC1

20. WRC
"I have no power, I don't know why, but absolutely no power in the engine. I had to spin the wheels on the car because the engine kept dying all the time."
SS2 Stein und Wein 1 (19.44 km) 10:59.4 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
106.1 km/h
0.47 s/km
13:14.4 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"Yeah incredibly polluted. I was so cautious not to make any mistakes and to get brakings in on time. It was a clean run though, no moments."
SS3 Mittelmosel 1 (22.00 km) 12:47.6 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
103.2 km/h
1.02 s/km
26:02.0 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"I struggled a bit on the hairpins. It is very difficult to use the handbrake and when you have such little time in the car it is difficult. At one of the hairpins I span."
SS4 Wadern-Weiskirchen 1 (9.27 km) 5:13.3 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
106.5 km/h
0.71 s/km
31:15.3 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"It is okay, it is always a tricky rally and this is like a new stage again. But the time is not good and that is a shame."
SS5 Stein und Wein 2 (19.44 km) 11:26.9 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
101.9 km/h
1.22 s/km
42:42.2 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"I don't know, we have an engine problem and I have lost power. We did a mistake and we don't have engine power. It feels the same problem that we had yesterday."
SS6 Mittelmosel 2 (22.00 km) 12:53.9 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
102.3 km/h
0.77 s/km
55:36.1 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"A mistake happens, it is clearly a mistake, nothing has broken."
SS7 Wadern-Weiskirchen 2 (9.27 km) 5:14.6 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
106.1 km/h
0.77 s/km
1:00:50.7 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"It is never easy, but what can we do? Mistakes happen and unfortunately it happened to us today. It is not easy to do this stage with less power, it upsets the rhythm."
2. leg
SS8 Arena Panzerplatte 1 (9.43 km) 5:31.4 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
102.4 km/h
0.53 s/km
1:06:22.1 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"It was probably crazy! There was a lot of unseen gravel on the road as well."
SS9 Panzerplatte 1 (38.57 km) 22:12.0 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
104.2 km/h
0.42 s/km
1:28:34.1 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"No, not a better feeling. Okay the power is there but the car was not nice through there. We did a set-up change and it didn't work, there was lots of understeer especially when I tried to go on the throttle."
SS10 Freisen 1 (14.78 km) 8:34.9 8.
8. class RC1

8. WRC
103.3 km/h
0.44 s/km
1:37:09.0 11.
11. class RC1

11. WRC
"It is okay, a lot cleaner stage in there but still quite a lot of understeer. But a much better feeling now."
SS11 Römerstraße 1 (12.28 km) 6:03.8 3.
3. class RC1

3. WRC
121.5 km/h
0.04 s/km
1:43:12.8 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
The times have not been horrible. We're trying to work to take away some of the understeer.
SS12 Arena Panzerplatte 2 (9.43 km) 5:29.8 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
102.9 km/h
0.63 s/km
1:48:42.6 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"It felt a little bit better, but I had less grip in the car as well. The time is better but it is still a bad time. It felt faster than the time shows."
SS13 Panzerplatte 2 (38.57 km) 22:12.8 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
104.2 km/h
0.45 s/km
2:10:55.4 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"I'm not so happy to see my time in there because the feeling with the car was better but the time was worse. I just need more time in the car basically just so I can understand how you drive it."
SS14 Freisen 2 (14.78 km) 8:39.1 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
102.5 km/h
0.49 s/km
2:19:34.5 10.
10. class RC1

10. WRC
"Very slippery, not really a line for me. I think when the other WRC drivers come there will be a clean line. I tried my best, but for sure I think it will get faster this time."
SS15 Römerstraße 2 (12.28 km) 6:13.0 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
118.5 km/h
0.60 s/km
2:25:47.5 9.
9. class RC1

9. WRC
The car just stalled, you cannot pull the handbrake without the car stalling. We're just going through all the things that can go wrong really.
3. leg
SS16 Grafschaft 1 (29.07 km) Accident
Stopped
Overall
WRC
RC1
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