Rally Norway 2007 – Leg 3

Driver comments at service G

1 Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Citroen C4)
"I slowed down on stage 16 because of what happened yesterday."

3 Marcus Grönholm/Timo Rautiainen (Ford Focus RS WRC 06)
"I am just relaxing and enjoying the winter rally."

4 Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lethinen (Ford Focus RS WRC 06)
Everything was OK. Jarmo Lehtinen said: "I just keep checking the split times for Marcus."

2 Dani Sordo/Marc Marti (Citroen C4)
He stalled at the start of stage 15.

8 Chris Atkinson/Glenn MacNeall (Subaru Impreza WRC 2006)
He had the wrong tyres for the conditions. The studs were too short.
"We are going at the same speed as Petter."

10 Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud (Ford Focus RS WRC 06)
He reported having a good feeling with the car.

6 Daniel Carlsson/Denis Giraudet (Citroen Xsara WRC)
He put the same settings from Sweden and was much better.

7 Petter Solberg/Phil Mills (Subaru Impreza WRC 2006)
The reason he has fallen down was because he had the wrong tyres with too short studs. This is because he only have short studs left for him to use.
"I knew even yesterday that I wasn't going to be able to finish in front of Henning. If they wouldn't have withdrawn in the middle of Sweden, the situation would have been worse."

20 Jan Kopecky/Filip Schovanek (Skoda Fabia WRC)
He stalled the engine at the start of stage 17.

9 Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Antilla (Ford Focus RS WRC 06)
"No problems."

19 Gigi Galli/Giovanni Bernacchini (Citroen Xsara WRC)
He went straight on a junction and had to reverse.

25 Juho Hänninen/Mikko Markkula (Mitsubishi Lancer WR05)
He went into a snow bank and stalled the engine and lost about a minute. They realized the front of the car had snow so they had to stop again to take it out.

17 Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (Ford Focus)
He stalled on stage 17 on the last corner before the flying finish
"Comparing the times from stage 15 and 16 they're two to three minutes quicker."

16 Matthew Wilson/Michael Orr (Ford Focus RS WRC 06)
"We were trying the long studs which we haven't before. The main difference is that the car moves a lot more."

48 Kalle Pinomäki/Tuomo Nikkola (Renault Clio R3)
He hit a small tree but it was no major problem.

36 Jan Mölder/Katrin Becker (Suzuki Swift S1600)
"I finally can see out of the car"

37 Aaron Burkart/Timo Gottschalk (Citroen C2 GT)
He had some misting problems.

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