Stage results Coates Hire Rally Australia 2015

1.	#8	Paddon Hayden - Kennard John Hyundai i20 WRC	RC1 M	4:24.8		107.9
2.	#6	Tänak Ott - Mõlder Raigo Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1 M	4:25.4	+0.6 + 0.6	107.7 0.08
3.	#2	Latvala Jari-Matti - Anttila M. Volkswagen Polo R WRC	RC1 M	4:26.5	+1.7 + 1.1	107.3 0.21
4.	#7	Neuville Thierry - Gilsoul N. Hyundai i20 WRC	RC1 M	4:26.7	+1.9 + 0.2	107.2 0.24
5.	#3	Meeke Kris - Nagle Paul Citroën DS3 WRC	RC1 M	4:26.8	+2.0 + 0.1	107.1 0.25
6.	#1	Ogier Sébastien - Ingrassia J. Volkswagen Polo R WRC	RC1 M	4:27.1	+2.3 + 0.3	107.0 0.29
7.	#9	Mikkelsen Andreas - Fløene Ola Volkswagen Polo R WRC	RC1 M	4:28.7	+3.9 + 1.6	106.4 0.49
8.	#20	Sordo Dani - Martí Marc Hyundai i20 WRC	RC1 M	4:29.8	+5.0 + 1.1	105.9 0.63
9.	#5	Evans Elfyn - Barritt Daniel Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1 M	4:30.0	+5.2 + 0.2	105.9 0.65
10.	#4	Lefebvre Stéphane - Prévot S. Citroën DS3 WRC	RC1 M	4:39.4	+14.6 + 9.4	102.3 1.84
11.	#37	Bertelli Lorenzo - Granai Lorenzo Ford Fiesta RS WRC [SR]	RC1 M	11:24.8 [N]	+7:00.0 + 6:45.4	41.7 52.9

Overall

1.	#3	Meeke Kris - Nagle Paul Citroën DS3 WRC	RC1 M	1:48:35.2		101.6
2.	#2	Latvala Jari-Matti - Anttila M. Volkswagen Polo R WRC	RC1 M	1:48:37.5	+2.3 +2.3	101.6 0.01
3. +1	#1	Ogier Sébastien - Ingrassia J. Volkswagen Polo R WRC	RC1 M	1:48:39.1	+3.9 +1.6	101.5 0.02
4. −1	#9	Mikkelsen Andreas - Fløene Ola Volkswagen Polo R WRC	RC1 M	1:48:40.4	+5.2 +1.3	101.5 0.03
5.	#8	Paddon Hayden - Kennard John Hyundai i20 WRC	RC1 M	1:48:44.5	+9.3 +4.1	101.4 0.05
6.	#6	Tänak Ott - Mõlder Raigo Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1 M	1:49:04.7	+29.5 +20.2	101.1 0.16
7.	#20	Sordo Dani - Martí Marc Hyundai i20 WRC	RC1 M	1:49:18.2	+43.0 +13.5	100.9 0.23
8.	#7	Neuville Thierry - Gilsoul N. Hyundai i20 WRC	RC1 M	1:49:25.3	+50.1 +7.1	100.8 0.27
9.	#5	Evans Elfyn - Barritt Daniel Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1 M	1:51:08.8	+2:33.6 +1:43.5	99.3 0.84
10. +1	#4	Lefebvre Stéphane - Prévot S. Citroën DS3 WRC [SR]	RC1 M	2:01:39.8	+13:04.6 +10:31.0	90.7 4.27
11. −1	#37	Bertelli Lorenzo - Granai Lorenzo Ford Fiesta RS WRC [SR]	RC1 M	2:05:56.9	+17:21.7 +4:17.1	87.6 5.67

Other info

Valla may only be short but last year it caught out Kris Meeke, Thierry Neuville and Robert Kubica. It’s the same stage and includes both wide and narrow roads, with several bridge crossings. Organisers have placed hay bales on the inside of the corner Meeke cut last year and later received a penalty.

Penalty

#79		Dunn Peter - Bryan Nicole		Subaru Impreza STi N11 Spec C	1:10 - Late (7 min) at TC

Info

#40

Al-Kuwari Abdulaziz
- Clarke M.

"Very good but I'm still hesitating in places. I need to trust my pace notes. I can do better."

#42

Pedder Scott
- Moscatt Dale

"We still have the brake problem and the tyres are worn after Nambucca."

#39

Al-Attiyah Nasser
- Baumel M.

"I think we have only rear-wheel drive. Something is wrong with the drive-shaft maybe. We also have a misfire in the engine. Now we will take a look in service."

Paddon Hayden
- Kennard John

"My confidence with the car is much better than yesterday. Over-driving a little bit maybe. We're trying to make the most of our road position. This afternoon I'll have to push harder to to get the times."

#20

Sordo Dani
- Martí Marc

"The brake problem was down to a caliper that was disconnected."

Tänak Ott
- Mõlder Raigo

"A really good run. Pushing quite hard. The car is definitely better than yesterday evening."

Meeke Kris
- Nagle Paul

"The tyres don't have much left but I was happy with my stage. Okay, I'm still leading - if only by a whisker. I'll drive my rally and see what happens."

Evans Elfyn
- Barritt Daniel

"Today has been better as a whole [than yesterday] but that wasn't a great run to be honest. The long run through Nambucca this afternoon should sort us out."

Mikkelsen Andreas
- Fløene Ola

"It's really close. In this stage I've never been particularly fast so this time I gave it a good push. I had to swerve to avoid a rock but otherwise good."

Latvala Jari-Matti
- Anttila M.

"After the last stage I had some inspiration to do well in here. I had some attack."

#31

Al-Rajhi Yazeed
- Orr Michael

"We'll try to push more on the second pass."

Neuville Thierry
- Gilsoul N.

"I tried to push. When the conditions are good it's okay but I still find it difficult to balance the car in the slow sections. We still have work to do."

Ogier Sébastien
- Ingrassia J.

"Really happy. I think we did a good loop again and a good tyre choice. It feels good to be so close to the lead. I hope that Stéphane can help me this afternoon and sweep the line for me."

Lefebvre Stéphane
- Prévot S.

"It was very good. I made only one pass of this one on the recce so my pace notes were not so good."

Paddon Hayden
- Kennard John

Service : "I'm feeling much more comfortable and confident than I was yesterday. I can drive the car how I like to. Without as much of a road position advantage this afternoon we're going to have to find lots more speed. I'm still braking too early sometimes and over-driving in others. There's more to come."

Tänak Ott
- Mõlder Raigo

Service : "It's difficult to be 100 per cent confident on our first time here in a World Rally Car but I'm feeling quite good. Keep improving."

Neuville Thierry
- Gilsoul N.

Service : "I struggled a bit in the loose conditions on Nambucca. The car wasn't working properly in some places. I lost a bit too much time in there for sure. We will lower and stiffen the car to help us better place it on the road."

Meeke Kris
- Nagle Paul

Service : "Soft tyres weren't the right choice, but it wasn't a complete disaster because we are still leading. My only option to win this rally was to make the perfect choice and gain 15-20 seconds. It has not been a perfect morning. Now, in my position, it's like being chased by a pack of wolves. I'm being realistic. We know the speed of those guys when it's a level playing field."

Latvala Jari-Matti
- Anttila M.

Service : "The tyres were right today but after first 20kms on Nambucca I lost the feeling a bit and wasn't pushing. I got it back at the end but for some reason I didn't have the spark to fight."

Ogier Sébastien
- Ingrassia J.

Service : "The line from Stéphane is helping me a bit. I hope on the second loop, now he has checked his notes, he will be more on the right line. After a day and a half being this close to the lead is more than I was expecting. If I can maintain this gap then tomorrow we can really start the fight."

#44

Quinn Nathan
- Calder David

"A pretty fun stage. One small spin to keep the crowds happy."

#38