The start of the new day was bad for the rally leader Sebastien Ogier. The Frenchman broke his suspension after his mistake.
Ogier comments: I missed the braking point. I didn’t have it in my notes. I went into the vineyard a bit and hit something and damaged the front.
Sebastien Ogier finished the stage at 30th position with delay of 2:33.3 minutes by the stage winner Thierry Neuville. Latvala is the new rally leader after SS3 Mittelmosel 1 (22.95 km) followed by Neuville at +5.8.
In the next SS4 Moselland 1 (22.79 km) Thierry Neuville attack the leader of the rally Jari-Matti Latvala with his first stage win in Germany to close the gap with Latvala at 4.4 seconds. Dani Sordo with C. Barrion made a good stage with second position at +0.2 seconds although that Sordo is not happy with the car settings. The big looser is Sebastien Ogier who stopped in the stage and is out of the car. The comments for Ogier by Neuville: I think Ogier's suspension broke. We had to slow down a little bit, I was surprised to see the car in the middle of the road, particularly after a jump. I was a little bit in panic but it is ok, you can pass. I have to get use to the car, I don't feel comfortable yet.
And another comment by Latvala: Ogier stopped on the stage. I think he repaired broken wheel, but he had spun on the braking. He was out of the car and I don't think he will continue. I try, I have never been comfortable on this stage. A little bit understeer, I am not 100% satisfied. I need a little modification with the car.
In the last stage the service park before SE5 Grafschaft 1 (19.94 km) the Belgium star Thierry Neuville finished at the top followed by Jari-Matti Latvala at +2.0 seconds. In the starting rain some of the drivers comments:
Latvala: Started raining did not really affected us, couple of places was a little bit slippery. I have two soft tyres on the car.
Neuville: It was a good stage, on some places the tarmac was a little bit slippy, otherwise I feel quite comfortable.
Results after SS 5:
1. J. Latvala / M. Anttila (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 59:12.6
2. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +2.4
3. D. Sordo / C. Barrio (Citroen DS3 WRC) +15.1
4. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +28.3
5. M. Ostberg / J. Andersson (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +1:20.3
6. M. Prokop / M. Ernst (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +2:45.3
There are 3 stages to run after the service park now.
 

Sebastien Ogier / J. Ingrassia starts with attack by the first stage of ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2013. The French crew was the fastest in SS 1 Blankenheim with a distance of 23.54 km. The team-mate J. Latvala / M. Anttila is second in the stage at +4.6 seconds by the winner. The third position is the man with incredible progress Thierry Neuville with his co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul at +9.2 seconds. Dani Sordo and C. Del Barrion is fourth at +15.4 seconds.
In the dry stage with a perfect temperature of +22 C Evgeny Novikov and Ilka Minor at the beginning of the stage out of the road almost hit a group of trees but without serious damages could not back in the rally.
Neuville comments after SS1: The road is getting more and more dirty. I was understeering like hell all stage. I had no confidence at all and drove very badly.
Andersson: In the beginning, we almost hit Novikov, very slippy braking, we went off and came back on again. Quite pleased to be here as we have high water temperature from when we went over the starting ramp.
Ogier: Not so good, I am not so happy with the car. It is understeering a lot. We have to try to change something, it is difficult to drive the car like that.
In the second and last stage today Sauertal (14.10 km) again Ogier / Ingrassia are at the top. The second position in the stage is for Latvala / Anttila at +1.1 seconds.
Latvala in SS2: Second stage was clearly better for me , the grip was much better. On a couple of places I was braking too early but better than the first one. When the car is good then it is alright, but when it is not good, it is scary.
Sordo:  I had problems in the hairpin, but nothing important. I am a little bit surprised how fast they are. I don't feel bad in the stage. The car was not so bad, in places a little bit dirty.
Results after SS2 (End of the day):
1. S. Ogier / J. Ingrassia (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 19:33.2
2. J. Latvala / M. Anttila (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +5.7
3. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +12.7
4. D. Sordo / C. Barrio (Citroen DS3 WRC) +20.5
5. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +25.7
6. M. Ostberg / J. Andersson (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +30.6
For tomorrow there are 6 stages to run with start of the first one at 10:43 CET.
 

WRC Rally Germany shakedown results:
1. Jari-Matti Latvala 2min 23.5sec
2. Dani Sordo 2min 24.2sec
3. Thierry Neuville 2min 24.3sec
4. Sebastien Ogier 2min 24.9sec
5. Evgeny Novikov 2min 25.1sec
6. Mikko Hirvonen 2min 25.5sec
7. Mads Ostberg 2min 25.7sec
8. P-G Andersson 2min 26.3sec
9. Nasser Al-Attiyah: 2min 27.2sec
10. Michal Kosciuszko 2min 29.2sec.
11. Martin Prokop 2min 30.0sec
12. Khalid Al Qassimi: 2min 31.4sec
The winner in the shakedown comments: “You will really see when the rally starts how things will be, but I think generally I took some good feedback from shakedown. The car feels good but, of course, this rally is tough. It’s probably the most difficult of the dry asphalt events. I’m not putting too much pressure on myself. I just want to go out, relax and see how it’s going to be.”
The second best in the shakedown Dani Sordo also said: “It was a good start, yes, but for me it was more important that my times were good from the start, because as the session goes on they usually get better and better anyway. The first passes were the most important, and they were okay. I also had a really good feeling with the car. We made one or two set-up changes but we’re happy now and ready to go.”
The rally start today at 17:53 local time with SS 1 Blankenheim (23.54 km) and second stage today in the dark part of the evening SS2 Sauertal (14.11 km) at 19:58 local time.
 

The french team make a perfect rally as today keep the advantage by yesterday. After the service park in SS 20 Surkee 2 Sebastien Ogier / J. Ingrassia continue the rally with another stage win. The battle between Neuville and Ostberg continues as Ostberg finished behind Neuville but keep the second position overall.
Sordo coments after the stage: "Little bit of this stage very broken, the car touch everywhere. We have soft tyre."
Ostberg: "Very difficult conditions. I think we did quite ok, not perfect, but it is very difficult and easy to do a mistake."
In SS 21 Leustu 2 Neuville finished first as in the overall standing is 0.1 seconds behind Ostberg. Ostberg explains his result in the stage: "We had a half spin at a junction, I just do not know what happened. That was not good. It felt like I lost the power."
Neuville: "We had a half spin at a junction, I just do not know what happened. That was not good. It felt like I lost the power."
In the longest SS 22 Ouninpohja 2 with a distance of 33.01 km Sebastien Ogier takes the stage victory as Neuville keep the second position while Ostberg finished fifth at +24.4 seconds. Ostberg spin as he explains: "Maybe 25 kilometres into it, there was a massive rock in the road, so I had to go off the road to avoid it. The stone was far too massive and I had to avoid it otherwise it would have been the end of the rally."
This stage was the last for Kris Meeke who rolled in the stage four times. Both Meeke and his co-driver Chris Patterson are uninjured.
In the last SS 23 Painaa 2 (Power Stage) Thierry Neuville finished at top, while Ogier is second, thid position and one extra point for Latvala.
Ostberg: "It has been a very good weekend and it has been good to be back and fight for a rally a whole weekend. We end up being 3rd, still it is very nice to be back and build the confidence back up. I was really looking forward to Finland, it has been difficult season so far. It has been fantastic."
Neuville: "Unbelievable the feeling, I think we have done a very good job. A good clean run, smooth run. We can do a big party tonight. I could not imagine, but the car was so nice, with this budget to beat the Citroen and the other Ford team it is unbelievable."
Ogier: " I am so happy to join Didier for the French one. It has been a fantastic weekend. This weekend is just perfect, another big step to the title!"
Overall Results:
1. Sebastien Ogier / J. Ingrassia (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 2:43:10.4
2. Thierry Neuville / Nicolas Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +36.6
3. Mads Ostberg / Jonas Andersson (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +57.6
4. Mikko Hirvonen / Jarmo Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +1:21.6
5. Dani Sordo / C. Del Barrio (Citroen DS3 WRC) +6:08.5
6. Evgeny Novikov / Ilka Minor (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +8:39.7
 

Mads Ostberg / Jonas Andersson starts the last day of Rally Finland 2013 with a stage win of SS 16 Surkee 1 with a distance of 14.95 km. Second position in the stage for Mikko Hirvonen / Jarmo Lehtinen while Sebastien Ogier / J. Ingrassia remain fifth at +5.5 seconds by the leader in the stage Ostberg.
K. Meeke: "At the last junction I lost maybe 10 seconds. I think it was the right decision (decision to change his time on stage 8), but yesterday was yesterday and today is today..."
M. Ostberg: "Just trying to do what I did yesterday. Was a good stage, I try to push as hard as I can. Obviously it is very slippery in places and it is difficult to know where to push."
T. Neuville: "I went straight on a junction, on the first junction right, I lost 5 or 6 seconds. When I was not sure I take no risk. Still a good run."
S. Ogier: "I am not in a position to take a risk, I took a bit of time to start my day. The first one I prefer to start like that and get the rhythm."
The battle for the second position in the rally between Ostberg and Neuville continue in SS 17  Leustu 1 (9.65 km). Neuville takes the stage with 0.9 seconds advantage to Ostberg.
In the longest day stage SS 18 Ouninpohja 1 (33.01 km) Sebastien Ogier was the fastest man followed by Hirvonen at +2.6 and Neuville at +2.7 seconds.
Thierry Neuville / Nicolas Gilsoul moves to second position overall while Ostberg / Andersson is third at +0.3 seconds by the Neuville.
Sordo (current 7th position): "We lost a little bit on a hairpin, we do reverse. It's ok."
K. Meeke: "My first time in there in 7 years, first time in a world rally car. It is like you are sitting in the front seat of a roller coaster with paddles to control the speed... I always dreamt of Finland in a world rally car and the Citroen have given me the chance."
T. Neuville: "I just hit very slightly the barrier, otherwise good time. Many places I can go faster, when you are not sure, I took it a little bit carefully. I try to save the tyres a little, maybe too much."
In the last stage before the service park SS 19 Painaa 1 (7.49 km) Mads Ostberg again move to second position while Neuville drop to third. Mads wins the stage 3.1 seconds ahead Neuville.
Results after SS 19:
1. Sebastien Ogier / J. Ingrassia (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 2:11:11.5
2. Mads Ostberg / Jonas Andersson (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +31.5
3. Thierry Neuville / Nicolas Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +34.3
4. Mikko Hirvonen / Jarmo Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +59.7
5. Kris Meeke / Chris Patterson (Citroen DS3 WRC) +1:39.9
6. Jarkko Nikara / J. Kalliolepo (Mini John Cooper Works WRC) +3:03.1
After the service park there are 4 stages to run.