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
#11
Citroën C3 WRC 
ER-***
ER-***
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
RC1
Final results
9. overall
9. class RC1
9. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Barcelona (3.20 km) | 3:44.0 | 9.
7. class RC1 9. WRC |
51.4 km/h 2.72 s/km |
3:44.0 | 9.
7. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "It is nice, I had a surprise on the first corner - the same thing as two years ago. Should be a nice dry day tomorrow and then two wet days." | ||||||
| SS2 Gandesa 1 (7.00 km) | 4:23.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
95.6 km/h 0.56 s/km |
8:07.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| "I struggled a little bit with the rear in some places, and I've never done this stage before. Not a bad time on this stage, so we'll keep pushing on." | ||||||
| SS3 Pesells 1 (26.59 km) | 14:46.1 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
108.0 km/h 0.36 s/km |
22:53.6 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "It is a stage I haven't done too many times, the last time I did it was in the old generation car - we're fighting against experience here." | ||||||
| SS4 La Fatarella - Vilalba 1 (38.85 km) | 27:16.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
85.5 km/h 0.40 s/km |
50:10.2 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| "Not so great, had a fairly big spin down through a compression which should have been okay. But the car spun and I had to back down the road a bit to turn around so that cost 10-15 seconds. The car wouldn't restart after the spin intially as well." | ||||||
| SS5 Gandesa 2 (7.00 km) | 4:15.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
98.6 km/h 0.11 s/km |
54:25.7 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| "I touched a stone at the start of the stage but it's fine - it knocked my confidence a bit. I'll keep plugging away at it, I'll be flat to the square right this afternoon." | ||||||
| SS6 Pesells 2 (26.59 km) | 14:16.5 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
111.8 km/h 0.15 s/km |
1:08:42.2 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "Maybe Jari has a few more grey hairs than me! I think he knows the stage better. The car is doing what we want, we'll keep plugging away and hopefully the next one will go to plan." | ||||||
| SS7 La Fatarella - Vilalba 2 (38.85 km) | 26:29.9 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
88.0 km/h 0.43 s/km |
1:35:12.1 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| spoiler is missing! "Must have got caught in a branch or something, the trees are a bit longer. It was a bit tricky towards the end of the stage." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS8 Savallà 1 (14.12 km) | cancelled | |||||
| SS9 Querol 1 (21.26 km) | 11:54.0 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
107.2 km/h 1.10 s/km |
1:47:06.1 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| spin | ||||||
| "I don't know, wide line or something, it caught me out under braking. Bad start, shouldn't have done that." | ||||||
| SS10 El Montmell 1 (24.40 km) | 13:30.5 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
108.4 km/h 1.32 s/km |
2:00:36.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| "Absolutely disgusting, it was the most horrible stage I've ever driven in my life. The car just wanted to swap ends everywhere. I just want to enjoy it, but with the wing gone it is just undriveable." | ||||||
| SS11 Savallà 2 (14.12 km) | 7:52.8 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
107.5 km/h 0.40 s/km |
2:08:29.4 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "Pray for the rain a bit more, I thought it was going to be wetter in there so the car was moving around quite a bit. I'll have to make some changes now." | ||||||
| SS12 Querol 2 (21.26 km) | 12:02.3 | 11.
11. class RC1 11. WRC |
106.0 km/h 1.72 s/km |
2:20:31.7 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| “We were very lucky to get away with a spin in there. More time lost but no damage." | ||||||
| SS13 El Montmell 2 (24.40 km) | 13:22.6 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
109.4 km/h 0.63 s/km |
2:33:54.3 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "I wanted to enjoy this day so much but it hasn't been a good one." | ||||||
| SS14 Salou (2.24 km) | 2:45.4 | 15.
9. class RC1 15. WRC |
48.8 km/h 1.56 s/km |
2:36:39.7 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| stalled | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS15 Riudecanyes 1 (16.35 km) | 10:37.0 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
92.4 km/h 0.88 s/km |
2:47:16.7 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "Steady away, maybe a little too hard with the car - it is quite slippery in the second-half of the stage. Clean run though, that's the main thing." | ||||||
| SS16 Santa Marina 1 (14.50 km) | 8:20.9 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
104.2 km/h 0.83 s/km |
2:55:37.6 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "The first part of that stage you could have been on the black road back home - really narrow and bumpy. Really hard to commit to it today, two stages without mistakes so far today." | ||||||
| SS17 Riudecanyes 2 (16.35 km) | 10:26.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
93.9 km/h 0.76 s/km |
3:06:04.2 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "It is sad to thing that is the right way, but that's rally! Just trying to stay out of trouble, no mistakes. I just wish the whole rally could have been like this, building up the confidence. I just had an hour of testing on asphalt before the rally." | ||||||
| SS18 Santa Marina 2[Power Stage] (14.50 km) | 8:10.8 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
106.4 km/h 0.57 s/km |
3:14:15.0 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "A bit demoralising to be honest, we had great speed. We could have been among the fastest but we kept having set backs and having moments. I'm trying to build the confidence but it is tough when you keep having these moments, the positive is at least the speed is there." | ||||||
