Many drivers report problems during the firsts IRC Rally in Hungary. The Canon 45 Mecsek Rallye is full of spectacles that made some of the stages very dangerous and lot of the drivers slow down especially during the SS4. Bryan Bouffier says: We met some people standing in the middle of the road. Crazy. Also Jan Kopecky says: And last two kilometers, there were people standing everywhere and we ran there around 180 kmh. Quite dangerous.

During the SS 1 is reporting for problems with the corners and chicane.

Andreas Mikkelsen says: Some tyres in the corners are gone, some not. It's unfair.

Also in SS 1 Giandomenico Basso went out of the road close to the SS finish and have a engine failure. He left the race.

In SS 2 Bruno Magalhaes says: Very bad, we have short gearbox, we have to change it. Some cars are running 20 km/h faster, while the Belgium star Freddy Loix says: We are not driving 100% on the notes, the situation is quite tricky.

Many drivers report for slippery stages and quite tricky sections.

In Stage 3 and 4 the Czech star Jan Kopecky report problems with the car settings, also problems for Bruno Magalhaes with the car suspension. Guy Wilks out of the race in stage 5 due too technical problems.

Thierry Neuville in stage 6 says that is lost the intercom but although that he set a perfect time.

During the last stage for the day Neuville report a problem with the lamps. The last stage 8 for the day was cancelled due too safety reasons (many spectacles in the stage).

The Day 1 finished as the leader is the Norwegian start Andreas Mikkelsen followed by Jan Kopecy at +8.7 sec both with Skoda Fabia S2000. Neuville is third at +21.4 sec, forth is Freddy Loix at +32.7 sec. Bryan Bouffier is fifth at far +1:20.9.