Loix : I am not going flat-out anymore

Kopecky : Stil seems satisfied, despite losing 1s on Loix. He clearly is thinking about the championship

Neuville wants to bring his car home safely an is now focussing on finishing

Loix : we still have few tricky stages to go. I try to not push too hard.

Kopecky : this stage was ok

Neuville : we hit something in the last corner. We will change the wheel and it will be fine

Freddy Loix (Škoda Fabia S2000) was fighting it out with Meeke from the first stages of the rally but now he has lost his most fierce adversary, he needs to manage his lead carefully. Staying concentrated is always the most difficult thing to do in such circumstances. "Fast Freddy" is not a novice however and he carefully lifts off, leaving all fastest times to his team-mate Jan Kopecký. The record-holder of the event did admit having a few brake issues on the Heuvelland stage though. Watch this space!

Thierry Neuville is defending the honour of Peugeot but sits quite isolated in his third spot. The only eventful thing was a spin on stage 10. Despite this, he still put the 3rd fastest time on the stage. On the shory Lille-Eurometropole stage (1.66 km/ SS13) he came very close, finishing 0"2 off Kopecký.

Loix : arrives at the finish after having overtaken a motorbike on the stage, Freddy was furious

Kopecky still loses 4 seconds on loix : "unfortunately, i went into a field, i really do like this stage however

SS 15 : it turns out the motorbike was sent onto the stage after the O car went through to check the stage again. Freddy cought up with him unfortunately few hundred meters of the finish

Loix : the roads are very dirty, especialy now the historics went through but he feels good at the moment. His brake problems were solved.

Kopecky : We changed the set-up of the car slightly and i'm happy with the improvement

Neuville : it was difficult, much more gravel on the road