Sebastien Ogier open day 2 of Rally Monte-Carlo 2013 with a stage win. Stage 5 Labatie D'Andaure - Lalouvesc 1 19.08 km offers mix surface, first dry asphalt followed by ice and snow.
Second place for the stage is for Evgeny Novikov followed by Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo.
Comments by SS 5:
Loeb:  End of stage is really nice, it is full of snow, everything white, sun is shining. I don't like to be first of the road, but ok. I had a good stage, no mistakes.
Ogier: Great start, good conditions, very slippery but fun to drive.
Novikov:  It was not bad, yesterday I was driving too careful so I decided to go faster. I enjoy the driving.
Hirvonen:  I don't know what I am doing wrong. All the time when it is narrow and slippery I cannot go anywhere..... It is about confidence. I don't know why I am so slow. Not good at all.
Latvala: There is lot of snow, I have hit some pole, so front right is little bit damage. I am not going very well on snow, that is not good.
In the overall standing after SS 5 Loeb continue lead followed by Ogier at +1:14.9.
In stage 6 St. Bonnet - St. Julien Molhesabate - St. Bonnet 1 a 25.45 km stage the winner is Evgeny Novikov who start feel confident in the car.
Mads Ostberg is second followed by Juho Hanninen at +8.3 seconds in the stage.
Loeb finished sixth at +20.1 seconds while Ogier is eight at +24.0.
In the overall standing Sordo moved to third position as Hirvonen remains fourth.
Stage 6 was full of snow. Ogier spun in the stage, while Ostberg is already happy by the car settings.
The last stage 7 before the service starts with snow, ice and dry sections.
SS 7 comments:
Loeb: We had a good rhythm in the morning, no mistakes, good driving. Absolutely no grip on this ice, maybe I was too bit careful at the end.
Ogier: Everything ok, stage was more tricky than previous two, on ice there were no grip.
Sordo:  This stage was really, really difficult, very slippery. Very easy to go out if I make a mistake. To be honest I don't enjoy it a lot.
Novikov: It was not bad start of the day. This stage was very difficult for use. I have maybe one of the best gravel crew (Delecour-Giraudet), my pacenotes are perfect.
In this stage set another perfect stage. Novikov wins the stage followed by Ogier and Ostberg.
Results after SS 7:
1. S Loeb 2:29:49.4
2. S. Ogier +1:17.9
3. D. Sordo +2:18.0
4. E. Novikov +2:25.6
5. M. Hirvonen +2:29.7
6. J. Latvala +2:54.8
3 stages remain to the end of Day 2.