Toyota City,
The 38.15-kilometre Cetibeli stage was the first of two tests that would be run twice on the final day of the event, and that initial run over the rocky terrain proved to be highly eventful with a number of drivers having to stop and change wheels, including
Evans on the other hand made it through the stage without trouble, setting the fastest time to surge into a 46.9-second lead. From there, he and co-driver
A fast wheel change from Ogier and co-driver
Rovanpera's impressive rookie season alongside his co-driver
Quotes:
"It's an incredible feeling to win after such a difficult rally. Elfyn was absolutely brilliant with no mistakes whatsoever and he managed to get through today's stages without any problems. Now he's leading the championship which is a great situation for him and the manufacturers' championship is also looking good for us. Another great drive from Kalle with his lack of experience really helped us with that. We are very, very sorry for what happened to Seb today. We need to investigate why there was some trouble relating to the engine. He was not the lucky man this weekend - he could still have been fighting for the victory this morning."
"The first stage this morning was really difficult as we expected. There were rocks and holes everywhere, a lot of dust so we couldn't really see where we were going, and we had to stop and change a wheel. Then in the second pass I don't know what happened exactly, but we started to lose power and unfortunately we couldn't go much further. We know that this rally is a bit of a lottery and we definitely didn't pick the right numbers this weekend. There was nothing I could do about that and the only thing we can do is look forward. Sometimes it's like this in motorsport and we have to accept that luck was not with us and move on to the next one."
"It obviously feels good to come away from a really tough rally with a win. We showed a good pace from the start. We were perhaps not the fastest driver out there this weekend, but we were there or thereabouts and we knew that today was going to be critical. We really tried to focus on keeping it in the middle of the road and that paid off for us, and I'm happy to come away with all those points. It's probably not the sweetest victory because we know that others had some bad luck, but this is the nature of Rally Turkey and we knew this coming into the weekend. It's a great result towards the championship and a good position to be in."
"This is another good result for us. It's nice to keep finishing these rallies with good points. I have to say a really big thank you to the team, because they are doing a very big job in a rally like this to keep the car in a good condition as it's really rough for the car. The long stage today was tough as we expected. On the second pass we were really careful to save the car and the tyres. Then in the Power Stage we couldn't push too much because we wanted to get the points for the manufacturers' championship, but we still managed to set a nice time and get some more points."
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