Bryan Boffier wins the first stage in Day 4 while couple of drivers out of the rally due too many accidents in SS 14 Moulinet - La Bollene-Vesubie 1, 23.54 km. The weather conditions are extreme bad snow, ice, wet snow, fog, no grip.
Tyres using for the stage:
VW and Bouffier 6x used studded tyres
Ford and Citroen 4x used studded tyres and 2x winter tyres without studs
In the stage the big losers are Evgeny Novikov, Jari-Matti Latvala, Juho Hanninen and 8 other drivers.
Comments:
Loeb:  It is really shit. Unbelievable. It is mixture of wet a snow. We had absolutely no grip. We were driving very slow, about 30 km/h on straight sections. If we will push more, we will destroy whole car. But we have made line for cars behind.
Ogier:  It was really hard, 20 km/h on lot of parts. I hit two times barrier, is my car damaged?
Sordo: Jevgenij hit something after the start, he is continuing slowly. It is very difficult not to make a mistake, especially in final downhill it is very tricky.
Hirvonen: Unbelievable. Never been that difficult. There were absolutely no grip on the stage.
Ostberg: I am really shocked. I can walk through this stage faster. I am allowed to swear to the radio? It was clean and nice stage, I enjoy it. And to say the truth - it was disaster. Lot of snow and wet places. We are not driving the cars.
Bouffier:  It is a good time, but my pace notes were very bad. I drove carefully, it was very slippery but it was nice to do a good time.
Sebastien Loeb lost 52.7 seconds in the stage by the winner Bouffier, as second in Mads Ostberg far at 29.1 seconds.
Results after SS 14:
1. S. Loeb 4:41:31.5
2. S. Ogier +1:43.9
3. D. Sordo +3:29.5
4. M. Hirvonen +4:34.7
5. M. Ostberg +5:54.6

There are 4 stages to the end of the rally.
 

Sebastien Loeb starts Day 3 with stage win in SS 11 St. Jean en Royans - La Cime du Mas 1 33.19 km. Second in the stage is Sebastien Ogier at +1.5 seconds only. Mads Otsberg is at very good distance of only 3.8 seconds a nice progress in Day 3 while Novikov who battle for the third position overall with Dani Sordo remains fourth at +9.8 seconds. Dani Sordo is eight as lose 17.6 seconds by Loeb and 7.8 by Novikov.
Comments by the stage:
Loeb: Incredible stage. It was nicest stage of the rally, lot of snow with big snowbanks. I didn't take a risk on the stage. Maybe we will loose some time, but we are in finish.
Ogier:  It was not easy, I don't know this stage so much, it is my first time here in WRC car. I prefer to be safe, I can be much faster. I am ok.
Sordo: We had a spin in high speed in the middle of the stage. We hit the snowbank with the front of car, lost about 15 sec.
Hirvonen: Few moments on the stage, it was very slippery there. I need to push harder.
Latvala: It is better, I am happy with the car now. Biggest problem is that I don't know this stage, I was doing it maybe 5 years ago. We are getting closer to Mikko Hirvonen.
In stage 12 St. Mazaire le Desert - La Motte Chalancon 22.11 km Evgeny Novikov moved to third position overall ahead Dani Sordo. Novikov finished the stage at second position 2.1 behind the winner Mads Ostberg. Sordo remains 9th at +18.1 my Ostberg. In the overall standing Novikov is third with 8.6 seconds advantage to Sordo.
The tyres for SS 12 and 13 are the follow:
Citroen and VW: 4x studded + 2 super soft
M-Sport 4x studded + 2x winter
Bouffier 6x studded
Hanninen 2x studded + 4x winter
Comments:
Loeb: It was very tricky stage, not nice to drive. You never had two tyres on same grip. It was difficult to keep the car straight.
Loeb using tyres at SS 12: front studded, rear super soft. The same tyres using Ogier and Sordo.
Sordo: Rear of the car was moving a lot. On the beginning I had almost a spin and after that I was not driving very well. Road is getting more dirty, but it is difficult to find where are the dirty places
In the last stage 13 Sisteron - Thoard the longest for day 3, 36.70 km Sebastien Loeb extend his lead with another 12.1 seconds by Ogier to total 1:47.7 minutes due too Ogier stalled in hairpin.
Loeb finished first as Latvala finally find a good rhythm to score second result in the stage.
Dani Sordo get back 6.9 seconds by Novikov but still remain fourth overall.
Another perfect strategy for Sebastien Loeb who said: I think this was right tyre decision (mixture of super soft and winter tyres). Not the most exciting but it is the fastest choice.
Novikov:  I have two studdy and two winter tyres, it was good in the middle on icy passage, but I have lost on the rest. But today it was good.
Ostberg: We did quite good stage, but we had absolutely wrong tyres. We take some time from Juho, but it was not good to drive with winter tyres on dry tarmac. But I have learned a lot. I am looking forward to go down to French riviera.
Results after Day 3:
1. S. Loeb 4:16:41.9
2. S. Ogier +1:47.4
3. E. Novikov +3:19.9
4. D. Sordo +3:21.6
5. J. Latvala +4:04.9
6. M. Hirvonen +4:19.1
7. J. Hanninen +5:15.5
8. M. Ostberg +6:18.2
 

Sebastien Loeb win the first stage after the service today SS 8 Labatie D'Andaure - Lalouvesc 2 with the minimal advantage of 2.8 seconds to Dani Sordo.
Ogier comments after the stage the huge overall distance of Loeb:  I don't care about Loeb, he is not doing whole championship. I am fighting mainly with other contenders. And it is first race of the car, it is amazing.
Latvala problems continue. He said: I don't know what I am going wrong, but time on this stage is not good. I don't know where is mistake, maybe wrong tyres. I don't have a solution.
In stage 9 Juho Hanninen made a first stage win. At second position remains Novikov and Loeb third at far 13.4 seconds by Juho who remains at 7th position overall.
In the last stage for the day SS 10 Lamastre - Gilhoc - Alboussiere 2 21.72 km Loeb finished first but Ogier is too close at +0.5 second. Latvala finished third at +13.5 seconds.
Comments:
Loeb: It was a good day for me. St Bonnet was incredible with full of snow. This one was a bit rough, we were trying to keep the line.
Ogier: It was good day, I am really happy. No problem with the car, keep crossed fingers and try to keep going like that.
Sordo: Really good battle, we will see. It was difficult, I had feeling well. Loeb and Ogier are very fast.
Latvala:  Less problems today, but I am not happy with the stage times. We need to change something.

Results after the end of Day 2:
1. S. Loeb 3:16:29.1
2. S. Ogier +1:34.8
3. D. Sordo +2:38.0
4. E. Novikov +2:53.2
5. M. Hirvonen +3:22.7
6. J. Latvala +3:43.2
7. J. Hanninen +4:11.3
8. B. Bouffier +5:45.4
 

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.
 

The first day of WRC Rally Monte-Carlo shows that no one can replace Sebastien Loeb. The distance between Loeb and the second after 4 stages only is 1-minute and 20 seconds.
Loeb wins the second pass of the 30.6 km Burzet - St. Martial stage with the huge distance of 34.4 by Mikko Hirvonen. The third position in the stage is for Mads Ostberg followed by Sebastien Ogier who lost 53.7 seconds in the stage.
Stage 4 was last for Thierry Neuville who crashed in the stage.
Comments by SS 4:
Loeb:  It was very tricky, for sure less snow that in first pass. It was freezing again, I have lost grip on two places. I am happy to be at the end of the day.
Hirvonen: It is very difficult, I must be careful on every place, especially with this tyres. I hate driving in this conditions. Its tricky for everybody. At least we are here.
Ostberg: Very difficult condition, Very tricky and also some places it says ice and there was no ice. For me it is very hard. I am very disappointed.
Latvala:  I have front right puncture. It cost me a time, I think we have lost at least half a minute, it was last 5 km. It was not definitely my day.
Ogier: No problem at all. We are trying to do our best, but it isn't easy. Lot of mud on the roads.
Sordo:  I am trying to do my best, but it isn't easy. I had not a good feeling with the car in this stage.
Results after Day 1 (SS4):
1. S. Loeb 1:39:49.0
2. S. Ogier +1:20.3
3. M. Hirvonen +1:46.7
4. D. Sordo +2:01.2
5. J. Latvala +2:32.2
6. E. Novikov +2:50.6