74. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 2018
WRC #11 • WRC 2 #11 • WRC 3 #11 • Great Britain #6 • Great Britain Junior #6 • Great Britain Ladies #6 • Great Britain Production Cup #6 • Great Britain Cadet #6 • Great Britain 2WD #6
4. 10. – 7. 10. 2018, Deeside • gravel 317.71 km • total distance including road sections - 1401.35 km • Other years
Stage results
1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h | s/km | Overall | Pos. after | |
SS1 SSS Tir Prince (1.70 km) | 1:22.3 | 4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC | 74.4 | 0.41 | 1:22.3 | 4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC | |
SS2 Clocaenog 1 (7.67 km) | 4:08.3 | 3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC | 111.2 | 0.14 | 5:30.6 | 2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC | |
"It is very close so I think it is not too bad a start. Very slippery in there, I think the big one is coming in the next stage." | |||||||
SS3 Brenig 1 (29.13 km) | 16:58.8 | 3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC | 102.9 | 0.22 | 22:29.4 | 3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC | |
"It is difficult, I'm not perfectly comfortable. The grip is quite low and Ott seems to have set a good time." | |||||||
SS4 Penmachno 1 (16.95 km) | 10:32.4 | 10. 10. class RC1 10. WRC | 96.5 | 0.97 | 33:01.8 | 7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC | |
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"Gearbox problem, don't have first and second gear." | |||||||
SS5 Slate Mountain 1 (1.63 km) | 1:20.6 | 11. 11. class RC1 11. WRC | 72.8 | 2.33 | 34:22.4 | 8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC | |
"It is very difficult, there is a very tight hairpin and a start where I only have third gear." | |||||||
SS6 Slate Mountain 2 (1.63 km) | 1:18.9 | 11. 11. class RC1 11. WRC | 74.4 | 2.21 | 35:41.3 | 8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC | |
"The morning was close to a disaster to be honest. The gearbox has to survive a 100km road section back to service, no one knows if it will hold on or not." | |||||||
SS7 Clocaenog 2 (7.67 km) | 4:03.5 | 3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC | 113.4 | 0.25 | 39:44.8 | 7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC | |
"The car is fixed. The grip is better now but I didn't trust it at the beginning. Good time from Ott." | |||||||
SS8 Brenig 2 (29.13 km) | 16:37.7 | 3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC | 105.1 | 0.25 | 56:22.5 | 5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC | |
"I tried to push hard, the time is not great but I pushed as much as I could on this one. There are more cars in front that we need to catch." | |||||||
SS9 Penmachno 2 (16.95 km) | 10:20.0 | 5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC | 98.4 | 0.21 | 1:06:42.5 | 5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC | |
"It would have been better to be further up. Still it is not a great time, it has got very slippy on the afternoon. Not the best day for us but we need to keep trying." | |||||||
2. leg | |||||||
SS10 Myherin 1 (20.28 km) | 10:46.2 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | 113.0 | 1:17:28.7 | 3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC | ||
"It is always pretty slippery in there. I had a good clean stage, but yeah grip is really low." | |||||||
SS11 Sweet Lamb Hafren 1 (19.95 km) | 11:49.2 | 6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC | 101.3 | 0.49 | 1:29:17.9 | 2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC | |
"I don't know, it is a bit more slippy. Hopefully the guys behind are not going that fast. I think it is getting more slippery so it is good to be in the front. Craig is doing a good time also. I'm not managing to be on the limit in there - it is tricky." | |||||||
SS12 Dyfi 1 (19.48 km) | 10:59.2 | 4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC | 106.4 | 0.13 | 1:40:17.1 | 2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC | |
SS13 Gartheiniog 1 (11.26 km) | 6:54.3 | 7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC | 97.8 | 0.29 | 1:47:11.4 | 2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC | |
"I had a good first stage - a big push - but now there is a little less grip so we can't push like we did earlier." | |||||||
SS14 Dyfnant (8.30 km) | 4:29.8 | 6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC | 110.7 | 0.19 | 1:51:41.2 | 2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC | |
"It is really, really close, up to position five it is only a 10 second gap so it is going to be a close fight." | |||||||
SS15 Myherin 2 (20.28 km) | 10:37.9 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | 114.5 | 2:02:19.1 | 2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC | ||
"The guys behind are interesting! The day is very nice to be honest, very beautiful. Not as hard a push as this morning as the tyres are not as easy to manage." | |||||||
SS16 Sweet Lamb Hafren 2 (19.95 km) | 11:29.2 | 2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC | 104.2 | 0.13 | 2:13:48.3 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | |
SS17 Dyfi 2 (19.48 km) | 10:45.4 | 4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC | 108.7 | 0.13 | 2:24:33.7 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | |
"It is a big fight for sure since the beginning of the day with us and Craig and Esapekka. It is a shame for Ott, he was definitely on another level this weekend. Now we are fighting for a win, not second place any more." | |||||||
SS18 Gartheiniog 2 (11.26 km) | 6:48.8 | 5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC | 99.2 | 0.46 | 2:31:22.5 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | |
"I don't know, Craig is doing good times just ahead of me. Honestly, I'm flat out, I think the car doesn't suit these stages. I'm giving it everything I can and I'll do the same tomorrow." | |||||||
3. leg | |||||||
SS19 Elsi (10.06 km) | 7:21.4 | 3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC | 82.0 | 0.43 | 2:38:43.9 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | |
"I don't know, I think it was a very tricky start with very tricky conditions. I didn't want to do a mistake, but that's how it is." | |||||||
SS20 Gwydir 1 [Power Stage] (14.76 km) | 9:36.9 | 3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC | 92.1 | 0.36 | 2:48:20.8 | 2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC | |
"I'm happy to finish this stage, it has been very tricky in there." | |||||||
SS21 Great Orme Llandudno 1 (8.03 km) | 4:22.0 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | 110.3 | 2:52:42.8 | 2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC | ||
"That is what we can try. It has been a difficult morning, it has been tricky this morning. The Toyota is very strong but we are going to keep pushing until the end." | |||||||
SS22 Gwydir 2 (14.76 km) | 9:30.4 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | 93.2 | 3:02:13.2 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | ||
"Big push, I want this victory so I'm going to fight for it!" | |||||||
SS23 Great Orme Llandudno 2 (7.40 km) | 3:59.3 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | 111.3 | 3:06:12.5 | 1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC | ||
"It was a huge weekend, it was such a tough fight! Ott was so far ahead and then he had his trouble, and then Jari-Matti was so strong. I didn't think I'd make it in the forests, it was so tough, but asphalt is a surface I like and we managed to secure the victory." |
Entry photos from this event
Models
Ford Fiesta WRC
Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 2018
Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 2018