Thierry Neuville - Martijn Wydaeghe

Croatia Rally 2023

WRC #4 • WRC2 #4 • JWRC #2 • WRC2 Challenger #4 • WRC3 #4 • WRC Masters Cup #4

20. 4. – 23. 4. 2023, Zagreb • AK Delta Timing + AK Cro Dakar Team • asphalt 301.26 km • total distance including road sections - 1650.68 km • Other years

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 Mali Lipovec - Grdanjci 1 (19.20 km)	12:00.3	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	96.0 km/h 0.14 s/km	12:00.3	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I was fighting the car through the whole stage."
Accident
SS2 Stojdraga - Hartje 1 (25.67 km)	15:18.1	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	100.7 km/h	27:18.4	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
Hit a bale in a chicane
"In a chicane I hit the bale and I immediately slowed down. Many, many surprises. We will keep going but if it's going to be tricky."
SS3 Krašić - Vrškovac 1 (11.11 km)	5:31.6	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	120.6 km/h 0.07 s/km	32:50.0	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"I could go so much faster but the car just doesn't let me."
SS4 Pećurkovo Brdo - Mrežnički Novaki 1 (9.11 km)	4:50.3	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	113.0 km/h 0.23 s/km	37:40.3	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"We are trying different set-ups all the time but I just don't get the right thing."
SS5 Mali Lipovec - Grdanjci 2 (19.20 km)	12:14.0	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	94.2 km/h 0.38 s/km	49:54.3	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"I felt a bit better in the car but we have two softs on the rear and the car was moving quite a lot."
SS6 Stojdraga - Hartje 2 (25.67 km)	15:39.7	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	98.3 km/h 0.25 s/km	1:05:34.0	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"We didn't know what the stage would be like, so we had to guess a bit. I guess Séb was on three softs and one hard which would have been the best choice for this one, but we did the best we could with what we had."
SS7 Krašić - Vrškovac 2 (11.11 km)	5:29.4	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	121.4 km/h 0.03 s/km	1:11:03.4	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"It felt like the first real nice stage of the day and I had full confidence in the car."
SS8 Pećurkovo Brdo - Mrežnički Novaki 2 (9.11 km)	4:59.0	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	109.7 km/h 0.30 s/km	1:16:02.4	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
"It was a bit better at the end of the day and I am really happy that we had a bit more fun in the car this afternoon. Hopefully we can finish in first place at the end - that would be a great achievement for the team and for us. We have done a decent job, but it hasn't been easy at all."
2. leg
SS9 Kostanjevac - Petruš Vrh 1 (23.76 km)	12:46.0	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	111.7 km/h 0.10 s/km	1:28:48.4	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
“Very dirty, very dirty but I like that stage, it’s an incredible stage with a hug rhythm, very fast, difficult to see the corners but it was much more dirty than we expected. We had a couple of nice slides in there but everything under control.”
SS10 Vinski Vrh - Duga Resa 1 (8.78 km)	4:32.8	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	115.9 km/h 0.28 s/km	1:33:21.2	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC
“So far okay, it’s just that the road is getting more and more dirty and you don’t know where. In the position we are I need to try to find a good balance and that’s what we did here so happy with the run through.”
SS11 Ravna Gora - Skrad 1 (10.13 km)	15:47.9 [N]	50. 8. class RC1 50. WRC	38.5 km/h 59.23 s/km	1:49:09.1 [SR]	16. 8. class RC1 16. WRC
Accident
SS12 Platak 1 (15.63 km)	18:22.9 [N]	50. 8. class RC1 50. WRC	51.0 km/h 38.39 s/km	2:07:32.0 [SR]	27. 8. class RC1 27. WRC
SS13 Kostanjevac - Petruš Vrh 2 (23.76 km)	22:55.0 [N]	48. 8. class RC1 48. WRC	62.2 km/h 25.25 s/km	2:30:27.0 [SR]	30. 8. class RC1 30. WRC
SS14 Vinski Vrh - Duga Resa 2 (8.78 km)	14:32.2 [N]	47. 8. class RC1 47. WRC	36.2 km/h 68.34 s/km	2:44:59.2 [SR]	36. 8. class RC1 36. WRC
SS15 Ravna Gora - Skrad 2 (10.13 km)	15:50.6 [N]	47. 8. class RC1 47. WRC	38.4 km/h 59.23 s/km	3:00:49.8 [SR]	38. 8. class RC1 38. WRC
SS16 Platak 2 (15.63 km)	18:28.0 [N]	46. 8. class RC1 46. WRC	50.8 km/h 38.39 s/km	3:19:17.8 [SR]	40. 8. class RC1 40. WRC
3. leg
SS17 Trakošćan - Vrbno 1 (13.15 km)	7:03.7	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	111.7 km/h 0.55 s/km	3:26:21.5 [SR]	39. 8. class RC1 39. WRC
“The stage is quite clean on the beginning, slightly more dusty towards the end. It’s going a bit worse for the others. We are trying some different set-ups after yesterday, we’re going to see.”
SS18 Zagorska Sela - Kumrovec 1 (14.09 km)	8:08.2	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	103.9 km/h	3:34:29.7 [SR]	37. 8. class RC1 37. WRC
"At least we enjoyed the ride, the road was quite clean, much drier than in recce and much drier than expected as well. We tried to enjoy the run through and confirm the pacenotes for the Power Stage. We’re going to try hard but I’m not sure if we’re going to take a lot of points.”
SS19 Trakošćan - Vrbno 2 (13.15 km)	7:18.1	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	108.1 km/h 1.19 s/km	3:41:47.8 [SR]	35. 8. class RC1 35. WRC
“To be honest not [feeling good]. The feeling isn’t great but we are going to push as hard as we can. With only five points we can take from the weekend we need to go for it. But it won’t be an easy task.”
SS20 Zagorska Sela - Kumrovec 2[Power Stage] (14.09 km)	8:06.4	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	104.3 km/h	3:49:54.2 [SR]	33. 8. class RC1 33. WRC
“To be honest I don’t know what to say, I’m so disappointed for the team, for us after all what happened. It’s a tough moment you know, we really wanted that victory, we wanted to make Craig proud for everything. We missed the opportunity unfortunately. We always have to give more than 100 per cent and when you are on the limit you cannot avoid such mistakes and it’s very tough. We gave it everything in here and this one was for Craig, hopefully it’s enough.”

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