Historic statements after the eighth speed
Karl Wagner- Gerda Zauner (Porsche 911): There is still a problem with the ignition, I feel that only five cylinders are firing. It is not certain that we can keep our second place. The quality of the final speed section deteriorated, it was much better in the first lap. The car doesn't fit in the last gear. Let's move on and try to make the best of it.
Lucio Da Zanche-Matteo Nobili (Porsche Carrera SC RS): The second lap was much better with these tires. The last fast belongs to the Audis with four-wheel drive, we can't perform like them. Fortunately, we have no technical problems, but we still have to go through the last lap.
"Zippo"-Denis Piceno (Audi Quattro): We got a 20 second penalty for being late to the service. We were able to cut some of this down on the fast ones, I feel we performed well. There is a lot of dirt and dust on the last fast, four-wheel drive gives us an advantage here, both for us and for Ville. We repaired the shift lever "at home", luckily it still holds. I love this race, we can go on all kinds of stages, dusty, slippery, wide and narrow.
Ville Silvasti-Risto Pietilainen (Audi Quattro A2): I'm starting to get to know the car, it went better in the second lap. Due to bad luck in the morning, we slipped off the podium, but we are ready for the third round!
Vojtech Stajf-Vladimir Zelinka (Opel Kadett C GT/E): We put on medium compound tires for the second round. I made a mistake with the hard tires on the first stage, now we are trying to improve on the last three fast ones.