Problems for Latvala in SS15 Ibarrilla 2 (29.9km). The flying Finn lost about 50 seconds by the rally leader Sebastien Loeb. Latvala lost the podium place as moved to fourth position. He broke the front-left wheel on his Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
Results after SS 15:
1. S. Loeb 2:31:10.8
2. M. Hirvonen +21.7
3. P. Solberg +2:12.2
4. J. Latvala +2:15.2
5. M. Ostberg +2:17.0
6. O. Tanak +3:47.3
7. E. Novikov +3:51.5
8. C. Atkinson +4:41.3
Comments after SS 15:
Latvala: “Now we can forget the fight for the first two positions, I’ve tried but that is the conclusion. We went over some bed rock on the inside of the corner. It broke the wheel, not the tyre but the air came out. We did 25 kilometres on this tyre. Now we need to concentrate to get third place.”
Solberg: “I was very pleased with that driving. I must say the brakes are working very good now and we made some changes in service, which helped a lot.”