Special Stage 3 – Stavrovouni

1 Al-Attiyah/Baummel Ford Fiesta R5 06:15.6
2 Lukyanuk/Arnautov Ford Fiesta R5 06:17.6
3 Nordgren/Suominen Skoda Fabia R5 06:20.0
4 Galatariotis/Ioannou Skoda Fabia R5 06:20.3
5 Tsouloftas/Chrysostomou Citroen DS3 R5 06:20.3
7 Demosthenous/Laos Mitsubishi Evo Χ 06:27.6

Driver quotes after S.S 3

Nasser Al-Attiyah : From the second stage the pop-off valve opened two times, I reset again. I think both Fiestas have some problem with the valve but we are here, we will try.

Alexey Lukyanuk: I was pushing in the stage but I had problem with the throttle response which took me probably 10-15 seconds. Suddenly, the engine stopped. We were rolling in the stage, reset the car and lost a lot of time.

Juuso Nordgren: No big mistakes, not any risks, it was a clear run for the morning. You have to change your driving style, the car is never perfect on such mixed surface but OK.

Simos Galatariotis: The stage was not so long, we tried to push but the conditions were difficult. It is how it is, it is a compromise with the setup, one stage merely on tarmac and the next one on gravel.

Alexandros Tsouloftas: It was quite fun, we are happy with the pace because we had a puncture before. We are driving on spare tyres, have 3 different compounds now. It was hard to drive on the puncture, I didn’t know if we should change it or not.

Petros Panteli: It was a very slippery stage, the tarmac is a lot more difficult than the gravel.

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