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STAGE FLASH

Date:02/6/12
Day:2
Special Stage:SS3 Abbey St Bathens 1 (16 miles)

1. Mark Donnelly / Dai Roberts - Renault Clio R3
I had a massive spin a the start of the stage and I lost a lot of time

2. Keith Cronin / Marshall Clarke - Citroen DS3 R3T
I got no good rhythm. I'm all over the place, I didn't feel comfortable at all

3. Jarkko Nikara / Petri Nikara - Citroen DS3 R3T
I lost the brakes at the end of that stage, I'm having to be careful

4. Elfyn Evans / Dale Furniss - Ford Fiesta R2
There were tricky sections in there with the wet patches. I can go a bit faster

5. Osian Pryce / Iestyn Williams - Citroen DS3 R3T
I dropped about a minute in there, I was too cautious

6. Jonathan Greer / Gordon Noble - Citroen DS3 R3T
Very slippy, I had no grip. There is a lot of water there that wasn't there on the recce

7. Peter Taylor / Andrew Roughead - Renault Clio R3T
I couldn't get the tyres to work, no grip.

8. Tom Cave / Craig Parry - Citroen DS3
Big, big moment at the stare. A lot of wet patches under the trees but I had a good run.

9. Jussi Kumpumaki / Jani Salo - Ford Fiesta R2
That was a nice stage. I made some mistakes braking too early and we've changed some of the pace notes.

10. Jukka Korhonen / Mikael Korhonen - Skoda Fabia R2
The rear dampers are too soft. We're going to try and adjust them now.

11. Desi Henry / Niall Burns - Citroen DS3 R3T
[Stopped in stage]

15. Niko-Pekka Nieminen / Pasi Haataja - Ford Fiesta R2
[Stopped in stage]

16. James Grint / Phil Clarke - Citroen DS3 R3T
[Stopped in stage]

12. Callum Black / Paul Wakely - Citroen DS3 R3T
That was fun, this car is completely different to the Swift.

14. Matthew Cathcart / James Morgan - Ford Fiesta R2
That was slippy in places. I'm just getting used to the feeling of the tarmac

17. Gethin Jones / Kevin Devine - Ford Fiesta ST
Lots of people off in there, I took it steady

18. Ruary MacLeod / Drew Sturrock - Ford Fiesta R2
We had a good one. There are really slippy bits under the trees. Lots of people off in there.

19. Arron Newby / Martin Taylor - Skoda Fabia R2
Awesome!

20. Chris Ingram / Ieuan Thomas - Renault Twingo R2
Good run but the back end is very bouncy.

21. Garry Pearson / Craig Wallace - Renault Twingo R1
Back end stepped out on one of the corners, but apart from that it was a good run

22. Alex Parpottas / Chris Davies - Ford Fiesta R2
I'm happy but I couldn't judge the grippy places. I started fast but then backed off so that I didn't end up in the same situation as the cars that had gone off.

23. Nick Allen / Andy Bull - Renault Twingo
That was fantastic! I didn't know you could have so much fun without taking your pants off!

25. Henry Felix Catchpole / Christopher Brooks - Renault Twingo R1
A proper stage, my first in four years. I overtook the car infront - a nice overtaking manoeuvre on the inside!

 
 
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