ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2017

1 Gassner H.
Toyota GT86 CS-R3
00:16:00.8
2 Gropp U.
Citroën DS3 R3T
00:17:22.4
00:01:21.6
00:01:21.6
3 Lauer F.
Citroën DS3 R3T
00:18:12.3
00:02:11.5
00:00:49.9
4 Wecker J.
Renault Clio R3T
00:18:52.2
00:02:51.4
00:00:39.9
1
Gassner H.
Toyota GT86 CS-R3 
00:58:28.2
2
Gropp U.
Citroën DS3 R3T 
00:04:26.0
00:04:26.0
3
Wecker J.
Renault Clio R3T 
00:07:47.1
00:03:21.1
4
Lauer F.
Citroën DS3 R3T 
00:10:29.4
00:02:42.3
INFORMATION ABOUT SS 6
retired (84 - Schwedt Roman / Wichura Henry): retired in SS 6
retired (90 - Molinaro Tamara / Engan Veronica): retired in SS 6
retired (79 - Vossen Henk / Van Barschot Sander): retired in SS 6
retired (48 - Armstrong Jon / O’Sullivan Noel): retired in SS 6
flash info (14 - Kremer Armin / Winklhofer Pirmin): My first time on the full rain tyres. Good grip. The best option I think.
flash info (9 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Jæger Anders): They were the right choice for me. This stage was a mudbath near the end. For me I had no choice, I had to go for these. I'm happy not to lose more time from this position on the road.
flash info (7 - Meeke Kris / Nagle Paul): The road was a lot cleaner than I expected. The rain has washed it. I was expecting more mud, which might have benefited us. We don't often run these tyres, even on tests, so they look a bit of getting used to.
flash info (12 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): About 70 percent of the stage was ok, but when you have standing water and soft tyres it's not the best combination. Still, I managed to survive.
flash info (11 - Hänninen Juho / Lindström Kaj): Better than I expected. In places the grip was reasonable.
flash info (4 - Paddon Hayden / Marshall Sebastian): Hard to know if this was the correct choice. I'm not driving too committed. It's difficult to judge the tyres on the way I'm driving the car.
flash info (8 - Breen Craig / Martin Scott): I felt the wet tyre go off really quick. I struggled to commit in there.
flash info (3 - Evans Elfyn / Barritt Daniel): A mix of tyres on the car. Some places it worked well, in others no grip at all.
flash info (10 - Latvala Jari-Matti / Anttila Miikka): The first part was quite ok. Towards the end on the big road I started aquaplaning and I lost the confidence.
flash info (2 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Actually not so good, there was a tight hairpin, I pulled the handbrake but I couldn't see out and I went straight into the vines. I was very lucky to get back. I still feel sorry I didn't take full wet tyres like the team suggested.
flash info (1 - Ogier Sébastien / Ingrassia Julien): Not so easy. I don't know, let's see how the guys behind go, but it might work with the rain tyres here - we were aquaplaning in places. The important thing is that Thierry and I are on the same.
flash info (5 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): I was full softs. I don't know what the best option would be. Many times I was sideways a lot and I had a spin near the end. I tried my best but it's not very nice in these conditions.