16. Rally Italia Sardegna 2019
WRC #8 • WRC2 #8 • WRC2 Pro #8 • JWRC #3 • Italy #4 [coef 1.5] • Italy Junior #3 [coef 1.5] • Italy Gravel #2 [coef 1.5] • Trofeo Yokohama Terra #2 [coef 1]
13. 6. – 16. 6. 2019, Alghero • Automobile Club Italia • gravel 310.52 km • total distance including road sections - 1377.58 km • Other years • Other years
Info
SS19
"It was a good rally. It looks like the cooperation is really good now."
"It's unbelievable. I don't have words to describe this. Even with Tanak's mistake, it's amazing to win. I'm sorry for Ott."
"The car was bouncing everywhere. Difficult. Really disappointed with that."
"It was a big push - we gave it everything!"
"We pushed as hard as we can but in the ruts the car just went straight. I struggled all weekend with the handling. We will see if we can take some points away from the Power Stage. Not a great weekend."
"Not really satisfied. Again, a bad result but at least we are on the finish."
"I quite enjoyed yesterday afternoon but after the issues, that was it."
"It's been a tough weekend for us. I was hoping for a lot more from this rally. It is what it is and we need to look forward and keep fighting."
"It's not a positive weekend for us but that's motorsport, we have to accept it. We will come back in Finland and try to fight back."
"It was a very difficult morning for us because we had a problem with the diff. We are happy to be at the end."
"I think we deserved to win but that's how it is. We have been faster than anybody else by minutes so that's positive."
"It's really great - congratulations to the team because they prepared a really perfect car again."
"This is one of the hardest events that I have done. There was really good things that we learned about our driving, pacenotes and also the car. Thanks to the team - great job."
SS18
"It was a little bit tight with Suninen because this morning I was a little bit slow. When you drive like this it is very difficult to not make a mistake. It's not finished yet."
"The priority is to get to the end."
"When we are not flat out it's easy to make mistake. It was just a slow corner but we only lost a few seconds. It's in control."
"He's obviously trying pretty hard. We had a good enough run in there so no drama."
"We had a good stage - we can always go faster but that was a good run!"
"We are in a position where it is not necessary to push so it's not really enjoyable to drive."
"It was okay. I had a better rhythm. It's not so much about saving the tyres for the Power Stage because I don't think we will be able to fight with our road position."
"For sure, it is not so easy to test during the rally but we confirmed something for sure. I think we will go back to service now because the last one is so rough."
"The conditions were okay but I drove very slowly. I was saving tyres for the Power Stage."
SS17
"It's difficult in these conditions - it's never enjoyable when you have a big gap to manage. It needs a lot of focus."
"I am enjoying it a lot. It was difficult to keep the car on the road and not to make any mistakes - it's not easy."
"I need to drive safely and bring the car home."
"I didn't take it too easy but I didn't take any risks either. A couple of little issues getting around the hairpins but otherwise all okay."
"It will be difficult - let's keep the pressure and we will see."
"Today we are here to enjoy and we can focus on the Power Stage now."
"I'm just driving through today - I haven't done this stage before so there is no point risking anything. I'm just going to take as many manufacturer points for the team as I can."
"It's like driving on the beach, in the last part especially!"
SS16
"We really tried to save the tyres but we didn't know what time the other guys would. It seems like we were quite okay so we can save the tyres a little bit more."
"It was okay - I don't like this stage a lot so I took it a little bit carefully."
"That stage was really difficult with all of the narrow places - if you take risks you can make up time."
"It's all good - it was a clean enough run so we're happy with that."
"We had a clean run - I could go a bit faster but then it's starting to be very hairy. Everyone knows these stages pretty well so it's hard to make a huge difference, but we will try."
"The plan is to enjoy the day - I still have a good feeling. We need to keep the gap to Lappi but it looks okay so now we will save our tyres."
"There's no chance of a Power Stage win - I'm just driving through today to take the points and then we can move on to Finland."
"Nothing special - a nice stage and the car felt quite okay. Medium tyres were the right choice for today."
"In some places it looked like there was nobody on the road. I tried to come with a good rhythm and keep some speed up. Okay, there is no fight for me but I want to get in the rhythm this morning."
"It's going to be tough opening the road in the power stage so at least we saved our tyres."
SS15
changed a wheel
"I was stuck in Kris's dust for most of the way."
"It was a good day. We got a lot of new experiences and the second loop wasn't as bad as we were expecting. It was enjoyable to drive."
"Today was good - I was a bit too careful here because I didn't want to get a puncture. Tomorrow we need to push but it is so difficult to fight with Ott."
"Pretty rough - there was no point to push in there."
"I have no tyres at all. I had to take car all of the stage and I was all over the place."
"A really fast section - I went to brake and the car swapped ends and I realised I had a puncture."
"We were expecting a better day. I feel like the car isn't working as I want it to so obviously not what we were looking for."
"It was okay - it's very rough. The tyres were overheating a lot - I thought that they were gone but the block is still there."
"It's very slippery and it has been much more demanding in the afternoon than in the morning."
changed a wheel
SS14
Puncture
changed a wheel
SS13
Accident
"I didn't know that this stage was going to be in such good condition so I was a bit cautious at the beginning!"
"Still very slippy. My time is not so bad - fighting with Ott is so difficult but we will try our best."
"I tried to take car of the car and stay in a good rhythm."
"The plan now is to get the feeling and have some good times this afternoon."
"I am still pushing - the gap is still very small. I'm in the same rhythm as this morning."
"I tried quite hard in that one. The car is feeling a little bit snakey but I think it is just the conditions. We will try again for the next one."
"It didn't feel like a terrible stage but for sure, maybe a few seconds given away, so we need to stop that from happening."
"Thierry is not the problem today - obviously Elfyn and Andreas are a bit up the road. I felt good in there so let's see how it goes."
"Conditions are better so I am a more confident with the car. We changed some settings so I need some time to adapt my driving."
"Still slower than the fastest time this morning! Much better."
"I try to keep going with a good rhythm but also to be mindful all the time of the rocks. It's okay."
SS12
Accident
changed a wheel
changed a wheel
changed a wheel
Puncture
Puncture
"There was a rock and I hit it straight. I thought it was only a puncture but the arm was damage. We should be able to get back to service."
"There is a lot of Czech fans! We are struggling with the grip on the rear so we will try to do something in service."
"It was quite nice - the car is much better than yesterday. It's not easy but I am enjoying myself more."
"We lost a lot of time here spinning the wheels. I didn't drive very well because I can't even control the car. Let's see - it will be difficult with Ott but I will keep trying"
"It's been a good pace. I was a bit careful with hard tyres in slippery places. We tried to manage this loop with just four tyres so now we have more to use in the rest of the rally."
"We had to try hard. On this one we had a stall so we lost some time but it's okay. Definitely the right tyre choice."
"I am not very happy with the stage in general to be honest. I was a bit too careful. For sure, there is more time to come here later."
"I found it quite slippery at the start to be honest but after 10kms it got better. An okay run."
"We took a different tyre option. I decided to go with a softer choice but let's see how it goes."
"Another wrong tyre choice this morning. Not the perfect start to the day but for me something is wrong. I can not drive the car and there is no confidence to push. We need to investigate."
"Car is okay. Just a disaster of a tyre choice. It's so slippery all the time and you can not push at all."
"I like this stage - after the tarmac section the tyres were a bit worn."
SS11
stopped
stopped
damaged left rear suspension
SS10
lost wheel
"We should not make any mistakes and we want to get to the finish with first and second place."
"We made a lot of set up changes to the car so now it is a bit softer. We have to see if the times are good today because yesterday was not good."
"It was really slippery so with hard tyres there was no traction at all. It was difficult to manage the car."
"The hard tyres were not good for this stage. We still need to do a good job and focus on ourselves."
"This was really sandy and the next stages have been slippery in the past. I believe everything is okay."
"It was an okay stage. We're happy enough."
"This stage is quite soft. It's not so far to Elfyn and Andreas so that's the target. I have to do the job with little experience so I need to be careful."
"We are going to try. We don't know what will happen behind. The feeling is not so great but I will try to improve and see if we get a better feeling in the car."
"We need to see. I think there isn't really a chance to climb up by driving."
"There is no hope of any result so we are just going to drive and get some more experience with the car."
"With the hard tyres it was quite slippery out there."
"I am really sorry for the team about the mistake I made yesterday with the roll. If you don't try, you don't gain anything. It was just a little incident. The second one was caused by a problem with the car."
SS9
"We changed some parts in the car - at least now we know that in the first loop the setup needs to be much softer to have good grip. For tomorrow, we have to figure something out to get more grip in the second pass."
"The front tyre was a little bit damaged. It was an important day today - I prefer to lose some time here and not make any mistakes than to be first on the road tomorrow."
"The last two stages were positive. We are still here - anything can happen."
"We decided to give it a push - it's not so far up to Elfyn so you never know. The driving has been good - it's just a shame about the tyres this morning. The road order is very important tomorrow."
"It's been a good day for us. Still - a bit disappointed with the spin this morning."
stopped
"My pace improved in the afternoon. I'm happy with my day and the second pass was better. Quite satisfied - we had a stall and lost six or seven seconds so it's not so bad."
"Just disappointed with the previous stage. Overall it was okay."
"I have to be very careful. The grip was not too bad but the wrong tyre choice today. Mistakes can happen. We can fight back for a podium position."
"We had to try everything - we've done one stage more than the other guys so the tyres are completely finished. It's a shame that Ogier retired but to be in this position after day one is more than we expected."
SS8
Rolled
Accident
"We were overheating on the last stage but it all seems to be okay now!"
"It's okay - we had some brake problems on the first stage after service that I haven't been able to sort out."
"It has been better this afternoon. Now the car feels right and I enjoyed the driving."
"I try to do my job. At the moment it is not bad."
"It was a clean stage. Everything was not correct on the previous stage - you can go and ask the team if you want."
"That was a clean stage. The most important thing is to keep Kris behind so that we have a good start position tomorrow. It's a shame about this morning's tyre choice - otherwise we would have been right up there."
"Well - the car is perfect, it goes like a dream. It's such a stupid mistake that I did - I pulled the handbrake too early and we just cut in and rolled. I had my glasses so it's okay!"
"I was driving a bit carefully and trying not to take any risks. I could go faster!"
"As soon as you touch the outside it's like going onto ice! We don't know what time we are going to get for SS7 so let's see."
"Just couldn't get the car stopped at all. Had to go down the escape road and reverse out." There doesn't seem to be much left on his tyres!
"We have no tyres left - we started the stage on slicks so it was undriveable. We are just trying to survive!"
SS7
"Pretty good - a lot more grip than this morning. It's close! We've got to keep trying."
"We had a small miscommunication in the previous stage - it can happen to anyone."
"It's a tough job. Some sections are okay but some a really tricky. No issues - we just need to manage."
SS6
Puncture
Puncture
"So rough - so difficult to drive. I was careful."
"I used so much strength to get the car back on its wheels - nobody would help. I cut the hairpin too tight."
"The dust was not an issue of my time. No explanation."
"It was the right tyre this time. We expect to lose a little bit more on this one but hopefully it will be better in the next stages."
"That's good. Hopefully we can continue like this."
rolled
"That was better - I was a lot cleaner on the last section."
"Very difficult in there and very rough. Happy with the car."
"We had a misunderstanding in the pacenotes."
"It's different but what can we do? It was not so bad - I had a very clean run and no mistakes."
SS5
off road
off road
"It was good. Let's see how the second pass goes. The tyre wear is unbelievable which is causing the car to move around a lot!"
"It really doesn't help. I don't know what I should do to be honest. There is always some surprise which I don't expect."
"We needed hard tyres for this loop. That was not good."
"I must be happy. It was a difficult one with the tyres. If it wasn't for the stall then I think we would've had a very good time here. All hards for this afternoon!"
"I was a bit too careful. We have service now and let's push more. The first two stages were an an incredible start with Jarmo - we just need to keep it going."
"I stalled at a hairpin so that cost us four or five seconds. There's another two and a half days to go so let's see!"
"We made some adjustments which helped. In all fairness, it wasn't so bad in here."
"I saw Ogier stopped in the stage. The rally continues for us so we need to stay concentrated. I tried to drive well but my tyres are like slicks - not much we can do, but we didn't lose too much time to Ott."
"I tried everything. This was so so challenging. Okay, we are through and there are no mistakes so we need to carry on."
broken suspension
SS4
changed a wheel
"It's very slippery this year."
off road
"I know it quite well. Hopefully now we have some time to make changes on the road section!"
"My mistake I went wide and touched a bank."
puncture
"I saved my two best tyres for this stage but still it was very difficult."
"I didn't expect it to be so slippery and we had a big moment. Toni Gardemeister rolled at the same corner in 1997 so I know the corner!"
"Some small issues - I spun."
"This one was okay. It's cleaning a lot so I probably should have been a bit quicker. It's the first time I've mixed tyres with this car so I'm learning that as well."
"I don't think we made the right tyre choice. I couldn't match Tanak's pace and the car was moving around a lot. It's part of the game."
"It feels like a cow on slippy ice! It's difficult but I am doing everything I can."
"It's like expected - we are doing everything we can. So far it's a good loop but we are already far away!"
SS3
"The road section was too short to make any changes to the car so we will make some changes after this one. There's no need to push but at the same time we need to get a feel for the car."
"I don't like this stage. I was taking it a little bit carefully in the cuts because I don't no how we punctured the tyre in the last stage."
"I think we have something not right with the car. Maybe something in the front diff or something because it is very hard to turn."
"Completely wrong tyre choice. Nothing we can do but the car is everywhere. We have two tyres in the boot which we will use now."
"It's okay. After the compression there was a very slippery left-hander and we almost overshot. Luckily we managed to keep the engine running and we only lost a few seconds."
"I don't know this stage at all. Picking my way through - it's so easy to touch a stone inside or out! That's the best I can do with the experience that I have."
"Something's not quite right on the braking, so we have to investigate."
"Not looking after my tyres but I can't handle the second spare wheel so I am losing time. I am all over the place with the weight and the balance of the car."
"We are trying our best - we had a good rhythm."
"Very tricky. The conditions were as we expected!"
SS2
"We had a slow puncture, stopped to change the wheel. Lost 54 seconds to fastest."
stopped
"It was good for us. We don't want to make any mistakes so we are not pushing 100%. I think the second pass will be quite critical!"
"It was good. I felt like I learned a lot from WRC so I decided to change the notes a little bit. I rewrote the notes completely and they're way too slow, so we've got a lot of work to do in service."
stopped
"Really difficult. I don't have any experience of these conditions so it's really hard to know if I am going fast or slow!"
"We have changed quite a lot in the car so it will take some time to get used to! It was reasnonable!"
"There was something in the middle of the road. I had to be careful not to take the tyre off the rim! It's a tricky stage."
stopped
"Very tricky. It was just very difficult - I don't really understand!"
"We are too soft - it was really hard to drive and the car was moving all over the place."
"I know that I will lose in there, but maybe our tyre choiche will pay on the next one".
"The narrow section towards the end is so horrible - I've never done it before. The corners were tightening up on me and there was a bit of dust, so I had to take it easy in there."
"It was okay. I was struggling with the tyres and it was really slippy!"
"All okay - all good."
"It was an okay run - not a perfect stage. I struggled with the extra spare wheel because the car is moving a lot. We could have been faster but we are going to handle that."
"I guess we will compete with each other. It's so loose and really slippery and slow so we're just driving through."
"It's incredibly hard. So narrow and technical - nothing I can do!"
SS1
Rolled
broken suspension
"It's better than nothing - every tenth counts! Tomorrow will be a different story starting first. I will push to do everything and hopefully after tomorrow night we can have an okay starting position for the rest of the weekend!"
"Friday will be important for sure. Second on the road is not so good to start this rally but it's better than Seb. We will try and make the most of it."
"All okay - it wasn't a bad run to be honest. It will be tough out there but it's the same for everyone!"
"We know on a rally like this, anything can happen. I enjoyed driving the car in Portugal - it seemed to work well in the slippery conditions. It's even more slippery here, so I'm confident the car can do it."
"In the watersplash, the brakes glazed completely. We lost some time - it's not the end of the world but it was a bad run."
"It was quite good - not an easy stage but when you keep it neat and tidy it's quite nice!"
"I'm just trying to get through this one to be honest. I was taking it steady in the ruts so that we didn't roll over."
"It's a big emotion to be back after six years. The really tough stages start tomorrow. At the first watersplash I forgot to switch on the wipers!"
"I have to say it's quite tricky - in the first hairpin I nearly spun because the ruts were so deep! Interesting first stage of the rally."
"This will be a very tough weekend with high temperatures and difficult stages for the drivers. We will try to enjoy!"
"A lot of fun in this stage - it was not so easy because the watersplash and the jump are little tricky! I made some mistakes but it's the same for everyone."
It's okay - the car is good and the feeling is good! The stage is very slippery."