The world champion Sebastien Loeb show his class of master. After a perfect drive and very good tactic Loeb is the rally leader in Spain. A wrong choice of tyres and went off the road for 40 seconds finished the ambitions of Mads Ostberg for Spain triumph.
Ostberg said:
“We had some information that the stage was 50 per cent dry, we put some hard tyres on, but for sure it was not. We went off quite early and lost 40s or something. We continued but hit a barrier later on. It was very difficult and I’m very disappointed.”
Loeb comments: “Jari was pushing very hard in the first one so we had to react in this one. I’ve pushed on the limit from the start to the end and I’m happy with my driving. For sure it’s a really tough fight.”
Ostberg in the next stage comments: “The [soft] set-up is absolutely horrible and it’s not possible to drive the car. I just lose the grip everywhere when it’s drying up. I’m more sideways than straight. This is not good for the result - I guarantee we will lose a lot of time. It’s hopeless.
It’s been absolutely horrible for me. I have not got a clue what is happening. There must be something wrong because the car is impossible to drive.”

Results after SS 12 (End of Day 2)
1. S. Loeb 3:16:14.1
2. J. Latvala +27.0
3. M. Hirvonen +1:14.1
4. O. Tanak +1:28.8
5. M. Ostberg +1:31.4
6. H. Weijs +9:02.9
 
For tomorrow there are 6 stages to run.