The weather forecasts confused some of the drivers in the first two stages of Rally Croatia 2012. Finally the stages remain complete dry. In the first stage the fastest time se Juho Hanninen followed by Dimitar Iliev at +4.3 seconds. In the second night stage first is H. Gassner followed by Hanninen at +4.0 seconds. Hanninen again win stage 3 with 3.2 seconds faster than Luca Betti.

For this night remains one stage SS 4 Permani 2 8.9 km.

Resulst after SS 3:
1. J. Hanninen 22:35.6
2. H. Gassner +6.3
3. L. Betti +11.7
4. D. Iliev +26.8
5. R. Turk +40.9
6. J. Sebalj +52.2