54. RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2018
WRC #12 • WRC2 #12 • WRC3 #12 • Peugeot Rally Cup Iberia #5 • Beca Júnior R2 RFEdA #6 • N5 RMC Cup (E) #5
25. 10. – 28. 10. 2018, Salou • Real Automóvil Club Cataluña • asphalt - gravel 331.58 km - (cancelled 14.12 km) • total distance including road sections - 1495.73 km • Other years
#3
Ford Fiesta WRC 
PX6***
PX6***
M-Sport Ford WRT
RC1
Final results
11. overall
11. class RC1
11. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Barcelona (3.20 km) | 3:46.2 | 14.
10. class RC1 14. WRC |
50.9 km/h 3.41 s/km |
3:46.2 | 14.
10. class RC1 14. WRC |
|
| "It was a bit tricky, and quite narrow." | ||||||
| SS2 Gandesa 1 (7.00 km) | 4:29.5 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
93.5 km/h 1.41 s/km |
8:15.7 | 10.
9. class RC1 10. WRC |
|
| "That was to be honest quite a bad stage from us, I couldn't find a good rhythm." | ||||||
| SS3 Pesells 1 (26.59 km) | 15:03.3 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
106.0 km/h 1.01 s/km |
23:19.0 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "It hasn't been the best morning for us, struggling for rhythm in the car. The car itself is fine but we can seee that Seb is so much faster." | ||||||
| SS4 La Fatarella - Vilalba 1 (38.85 km) | 27:39.3 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
84.3 km/h 0.98 s/km |
50:58.3 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "I'm struggling to keep the car on the clean line, and struggling to carry the speed through the corners. When I try to be careful and keep the car on the line and I'm losing a lot of time." | ||||||
| SS5 Gandesa 2 (7.00 km) | 4:19.8 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
97.0 km/h 0.73 s/km |
55:18.1 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "The feeling is a bit better, but we are still 4 seconds behind so there are still things to improve. I know what the issue was, but it is difficult to change the mind and change the driving in service." | ||||||
| SS6 Pesells 2 (26.59 km) | 14:30.9 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
109.9 km/h 0.69 s/km |
1:09:49.0 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "The grip level is really high on the clean line but I'm struggling to keep the car on the line. Maybe the car is not the easiest for me, but I just need to learn the drive." | ||||||
| SS7 La Fatarella - Vilalba 2 (38.85 km) | 27:03.5 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
86.1 km/h 1.29 s/km |
1:36:52.5 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS8 Savallà 1 (14.12 km) | cancelled | |||||
| SS9 Querol 1 (21.26 km) | 11:57.4 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
106.7 km/h 1.26 s/km |
1:48:49.9 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "It is even more difficult than yesterday it is my first time in this car on wets. We need to find the limits." | ||||||
| SS10 El Montmell 1 (24.40 km) | 13:20.9 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
109.7 km/h 0.92 s/km |
2:02:10.8 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "Few slides because I pulled the handbrake by mistake. I had trouble turning the car, especially in the last downhill section." | ||||||
| SS11 Savallà 2 (14.12 km) | 7:59.9 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
105.9 km/h 0.91 s/km |
2:10:10.7 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "It was much drier than we expected. We have six wet tyres so let's say there are not options in there." | ||||||
| SS12 Querol 2 (21.26 km) | 12:01.1 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
106.1 km/h 1.66 s/km |
2:22:11.8 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| SS13 El Montmell 2 (24.40 km) | 13:13.9 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
110.6 km/h 0.27 s/km |
2:35:25.7 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "I think the wets were overheating, not the best option but at least we tried something. The car is in one piece buth it would have been nice to have been faster." | ||||||
| SS14 Salou (2.24 km) | 2:50.6 | 22.
11. class RC1 22. WRC |
47.3 km/h 3.88 s/km |
2:38:16.3 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS15 Riudecanyes 1 (16.35 km) | 10:41.5 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
91.8 km/h 1.16 s/km |
2:48:57.8 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "Hopefully we can get used to the car more on the dry asphalt." | ||||||
| SS16 Santa Marina 1 (14.50 km) | 8:19.4 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
104.5 km/h 0.72 s/km |
2:57:17.2 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "I tried to save the tyres through the stage, compared to the last stage, so I think I was a bit slower." | ||||||
| SS17 Riudecanyes 2 (16.35 km) | 10:33.1 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
93.0 km/h 1.16 s/km |
3:07:50.3 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "We are really trying to drive faster but I think we lost some time, I just couldn't find the grip. I'm starting to be a lot closer to team-mates now, which is good." | ||||||
| SS18 Santa Marina 2[Power Stage] (14.50 km) | 8:09.7 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
106.6 km/h 0.50 s/km |
3:16:00.0 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
|
| "I would say I learnt to drive in the wets on difficult sections. In the dry I think I was on an OK level. I need to improve the driving technique though." | ||||||
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