Due too a heavy crash in SS11 Arena Panzerplatte 1 in the Historic class with two deaths the stage SS 14 Arena Panzerplatte 2 is canceled. In the prior one stage SS 13 Peterberg 2 Dani Sordo / C. Del Barrio move at top as finished the stage first. Neuville / Gilsoul delay with 1.9 seconds that push them to second position overall at +0.8 by the Spanish leader.
After the problems by the first day, Evgeny Novikov / Ilka Minor moved to 10th position overall.
Neuville after the stage: It is handling ok, but the exhaust is quite bent and we lacked a bit of power. Now we go further. I have survived, I feel a big power loss.
Sordo: It was really nice, a little bit dirty this stage. It is ok, I am happy.
Hirvonen: It has been really muddy and slippy in many places. I am taking it steady and watching what is happening in front.
Results at the end of Day 3:
1. D. Sordo / C. Barrio (Citroen DS3 WRC) 2:43:48.5
2. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +0.8
3. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +1:27.6
4. M. Prokop / M. Ernst (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +6:06.3
5. R. Kubica / M. Baran (Citroen DS3 S2000) +7:33.1
6. E. Evans / D. Barritt (Ford Fiesta R5) +7:40.9
In the last day of the rally there are two stages to run.