Stage results Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2017

Wedding Bells is so named because a gold miner took his new bride there for their honeymoon. It is fast but narrow in places and the surface is clay, with little loose gravel for the early starters to worry about. It is best known for a popular spectator area which features a water splash and right bend, followed by a jump on a second visit to the same zone.

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#68

Quinn Nathan
- Searcy Ben

"Only two stages to go but it's more tricky than picking up a bar of soap in the shower," he says. "It's out of control. I'm going to keep my head down and hopefully get through."

#31

Rovanperä Kalle
- Halttunen J.

"I was thinking Wales was slippery, but this is something else. We went off and into some trees, but I think we got away with it."

Mikkelsen Andreas
- Jæger Anders

"I'm not really fighting for much today, and when it's like that you drive accordingly. I think we've been very unlucky with the weather - it's like a cloud has been following us all day. Hopefully later we can have some good fun on the Power Stage."

Meeke Kris
- Nagle Paul

"Tricky. Just treating it like a high-speed recce for experience because we're not in the overall mix."

Neuville Thierry
- Gilsoul N.

"That was a hell of a ride. Really, really tricky conditions but I kept it on the road. It was close sometimes and I had to be clever." How confident are you of winning? "The gap now is about one second per kilometre for the two stages to come, so it should be alright."

#10

Latvala Jari-Matti
- Anttila M.

"I think we had a good stage in very tricky conditions. I'm happy with the time compared to Ott, now it will be interesting to see Thierry's. I think it's drying out a bit, but not enough to make a difference between us."

Tänak Ott
- Järveoja Martin

"It was slippy like hell. So, so tricky. Can I catch Latvala? In conditions like this I can't plan anything."

Paddon Hayden
- Marshall S.

"We took it safely. Now we have a big gap ahead and when conditions are like this I'm not prepared to take risks. It reminds me of Portugal 2012 - tricky conditions and grip that is very tricky to read. This hasn't been the best weekend but fourth place would be a good way to round off the year."

Ogier Sébastien
- Ingrassia J.

"Changing conditions and still a lot of trouble for us in the car with the gear shift. I'm looking forward to the end of the season now." And the early check-in? "We had this [gearbox] problem which disturbed us a little and in a panic we had an early check in."

Evans Elfyn
- Barritt Daniel

"I think it was more shock than laughter. I was being careful because the car was aquaplaning a lot and we had very worn front tyres."

#11

Lappi Esapekka
- Ferm Janne

"It's crazy. So much standing water. The car is like a boat, you can't control it - it just goes where it wants. I managed to go off once only - a big impact to the right-rear. I've never seen conditions like this."

Latvala SS21

Breen SS18

Lefebvre SS17

Meeke SS12

Ogier SS12

26. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2017

SS19 Wedding Bells16 I - 6.44 km - 19. 11. 09:08

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SS19 Wedding Bells16 I - 6.44 km
- 19. 11. 09:08