The tarmac stages start at the 52 RallyRACC

15/10/2016

The third day of the 52 RallyRACC CATALUNYA-COSTA DAURADA, Rally de España 2016, brings the change of surface from yesterday's gravel to tarmac, that will be the surface for today, Saturday 15^th, and tomorrow, Sunday 16^th. The itinerary of this third day is made up of eight stages with just one pass through Vilaplana (6.28 km), which will start the day, while Alcover-Capafonts (19.93 km), Querol (21.26 km) and El Montmell (21,14 km) will be run twice before finishing the day with the Salou street stage (2.24 km). It will be a tough and demanding day, with 139.18 timed km on tarmac with a total of 522.51, although today the teams will have a 30 minute service at PortAventura World after the first loop.

About the current provisional standings, the Spanish duo of Dani Sordo-Marc Martí (Hyundai) lead the round after an impressive second loop today, although the starting positions will be the same as in the gravel day and Sébastien Ogier-Julien Ingrassia (Volkswagen), who are in second place 17 seconds behind might be benefited from going out to a clean road. Jati-Matti Latvala-Miikka Anttila (Volkswagen), who retired yesterday due to a mechanical failure, will restart today but with a big time loss.