STAGE FLASH

R1. Keith Cronin (IRL) / Marshall Clarke (GBR) - Citroen DS3 R3T
Very slippy. Hard to get traction.

R4. Elfyn Evans (GBR) / Philip Pugh (GBR) - Ford Fiesta R2
Very tricky, an ok run.

R9. Jonathan Greer (GBR) / Gordon Noble (GBR) - Citroen DS3 R3
Lost time on wrong tyres. Will try and soften car to make it work.

R10. Osian Pryce (GBR) / Iestyn Williams (GBR) - Citroen DS3 R3
Straight on at junction. Somehow managaged to take time off Johnny [Greer]

R2. Tom Cave (GBR) / Craig Parry (GBR) - Citroen DS3 R3
A clean run but the tyres have gone off.

R3. Mark Donnelly (GBR) / Dai Roberts (GBR) - Renault Clio R3
It is a matter of getting through. We're still having clutch issues

R6. Guy Wilks (GBR) / David Moynihan (IRL) - Renault Twingo R2 Evo
We have a problem with brakes snatching. Makes it tricky.

R12. Jukka Korhonen (FIN) / Mikael Korhonen (FIN) - Skoda Fabia R2
Taking it carefully and still having moments.

R14. Matthew Cathcart (GBR) / James Morgan (GBR) - Ford Fiesta R2
Very slippy, lots of sliding.

R16. Callum Black (GBR) / Paul Wakely (GBR) - Citroen DS3 R3T
That was mega slippy, I crashed here last year so I'm pleased to get through.

R8. Desi Henry (GBR) / Barry McNulty (GBR) - Citroen DS3 R3
Possible power steering problem

R5. Alastair Fisher (GBR) / Daniel Barritt (GBR) - Ford Fiesta R2
Typical Ulster morning - very slippy!

R30. Arron Newby (GBR) / Martyn Taylor (GBR) - Skoda Fabia R2
I think I'm going to take it easy, it's too greasy.

R33. Alex Parpottas (GBR) / Chris Davies (GBR) - Ford Fiesta R2
Seeing Chris off distracted me and I lost my momentum.

R23. Niko-Pekka Nieminen (FIN) / T Suominen (FIN) - Ford Fiesta R2
Slippy sometimes in places.

R25. Gethin Jones (GBR) / Kevin Devine (GBR) - Ford Fiesta ST
Could have gone faster, needed to trust the tyres.

R32. James Ford (GBR) / Neil Coleman (GBR) - Citroen C2R2 Max
I hit a bale and went backwards through a junction.

R35.
Slow and steady start

R22. Ruary MacLeod (GBR) / Paul Beaton (GBR) - Ford Fiesta R2
No confidence on damp tarmac. I'm braking far too early.

R26. James Grint (GBR) / Craig Drew (GBR) - Citroen DS3 R3
The same as ysterday really. I aim to improve through the day.

R37. Steve Rokland (NOR) / Tom Andre Haldammen (NOR) - Ford Fiesta R1
It was good to be on inters. Really tricky.

R36. Garry Pearson (GBR) / Craig Wallace (GBR) - Renault Twingo R1
Not too tricky at the pace I'm going.