Rallye Monte Carlo 2025

Rallye Monte Carlo 2025


22. 01. 2025 - 26. 01. 2025

Information

Date and time SS Information
26. 01. 2025 14:19 CET 18 (49 - Vossen Henk / Vissenberg Willem): was out of road
26. 01. 2025 13:19 CET 18 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): I don't know wherre to start, what a weekend. I think I have my lucky star with me this weekend. It was my uncle, who we lost one year ago. I am sure he was bringing me everything and this one is for him. Quite a few moments this weekend... like I said, my lucky star is there. I don't know what it means, but for me the world. I have no idea if it is my last one now. It would be a good place to stop.
26. 01. 2025 13:16 CET 18 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I wasn't expecting that ice there at the end, we clipped the bank. We got through. Looks like it's alright, but it wasn't looking so good about 1km back there.
26. 01. 2025 13:11 CET 18 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): We have the same tyre choice as Elfyn, we'll see with him, I think it will be the podium for us. Really positive for the beginning of the season. It's been a really good rally for us, it's a shame we didn't make this last day, but it's Monte so you never know. Thanks to the team, I am really happy to start my first rally with them by getting a podium.
26. 01. 2025 13:11 CET 18 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): More or less tried hard and got nothing in the end. We didn't get things too right this weekend. Even this morning, the matrix said the slick is two minutes slow, but it is a minute faster. I am quite pleased though, at least good road position for Sweden.
26. 01. 2025 13:05 CET 18 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): If we could do that [pass tänak] it would be good, it didn't feel so good. I felt I was struggling a lot at the beginning of the stage with the cross tyre. I could've been much faster there for sure, the snow was pretty ok. Disappointing weekend for sure, not the result we wanted, not the pace we wanted. At least we got some points, big thanks to the team. Let's see in Sweden if we can remember how to drive a rally car or not.
26. 01. 2025 13:00 CET 18 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Obviously the road is getting faster by every car, so for me I could only try something different. If I went with the same tyre choice as everyone else, I would've been anyhow slower. It was not a good weekend for us. It is what it is. We're gonna learn from it and look forward to Sweden.
26. 01. 2025 12:56 CET 18 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It is a big relief to get here after the conditions we have faced all week. The team have done an amazing job, Eoin on the notes has been superb. Big thanks to the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy and everyone at home supporting. It is only the beginning of a big year ahead, hopefully it gets easier but the step-by-step is better. It is still a big learning experience with this car - it's something else.
26. 01. 2025 12:52 CET 18 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): For my family, too much emotion I think. Before the start I think if it is possible at the end, but during the stage it was completely crazy. Thanks to all my team, it is not the driver that wins this weekend, it is the co-driver, the team, the strategy and the tyre choice.
26. 01. 2025 12:49 CET 18 flash info (31 - Camilli Eric / De La Haye Thibault): On the hairpin, I tried to be very clean, on the ice I tried to push. Thank to Hyundai and my team for getting me there, we had to push. Initially we struggled but we found a good setup to push.
26. 01. 2025 12:45 CET 18 flash info (34 - Rossel Léo / Mercoiret Guillaume): Crazy, it is so long for the last stage. I am very happy to finish my first WRC and my first Monte Carlo. This is my first podium. Lot of thanks to Citroën, my federation and my partners. Let's go Yohan for the family podium!
26. 01. 2025 12:42 CET 18 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): That was not easy, terrible up the mountain. On the stud, it was snapping up the steering a lot up the mountain,. then downhill on the slick it was horrible. Good experience, good learning. A great rally, we definitely had the pace to win the whole thing. Very happy with the feeling with the new car, a big thanks to the team who have prepared me so well, we had a good weekend other than that stupid mishap on the first stage. I thought before the stage let's go four slicks, I think the slick and the studded is okay.
26. 01. 2025 12:37 CET 18 flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): Tyres seemed to work well in here, this was the stage everyone waited for. Lots of ice, okay stage. Wish I'd taken one more studded tyre, as I had it, but not bad. We made small improvements from CER and Japan. Moving to a new team takes some time to get into it, but they've done quite a good job and I am happy.
26. 01. 2025 12:34 CET 18 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): Little bit trying to go faster, you feel like you are flying. This last part was quite scary to drive. Big thanks to everyone who was pushing, big thanks to the team who trust me, big thanks to my sponsors and my family. It is how it is, next time just prepare for the next one.
26. 01. 2025 12:09 CET 18 Starting order: Gryazin, Greensmith, Solberg, L.Rossel, Camilli, Y.Rossel, McErlean, Neuville, Rovanperä, Tänak, Fourmaux, Evans, Ogier
26. 01. 2025 12:08 CET 18 Stage is dry and damp with some melting icy/snowy parts. Temperature slightly above zero on the top, much warmer on other places.
26. 01. 2025 09:26 CET 17 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): It's so slippery. I don't know if it is a good tyre choice, because I move a lot all the time. I think I have the same feeling, it is not bad and when I see the time it is very bad. Don't worry, I will continue like that.
26. 01. 2025 09:23 CET 17 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): Difficult. It feels like again some icy places on the stage but this time you cannot see it on the ice, and for the gravel crew it was a different surface. We really struggled and didn't really want to push. I decided it was all done and there was no sense to risk anything.
26. 01. 2025 09:20 CET 17 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Very muddy, I didn't expect that much at the end. Never easy this weekend. No idea for Col de Turini, we will see.
26. 01. 2025 09:18 CET 17 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Not a surprise, I struggled so much in here. We knew after the first one it would be difficult to keep Fourmaux behind now, but we do what we can do. Of course he wants second, it's his to lose now. That's it, we are gonna keep trying till the end.
26. 01. 2025 09:15 CET 17 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): We took the race to be a bit aggressive on the first stage, and try to survive. After the last one, this is a bit comfortable. I am quite happy with what we have now. I still have the target of second place. We'll see at the end.
26. 01. 2025 09:12 CET 17 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Makes sense that Rovanperä is so much faster with his tyres. So many black ice places which we didn't know about, so how can you push in conditions like this?
26. 01. 2025 09:09 CET 17 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Really difficult condition to be honest, most of the stage is pretty okaty but then you have some big surprises. Frosty and icy corners on the section, where the stage is dry or just wet. Definitely not easy. I lost a bit of time, I had one spin on an icy corner that was not in the notes.
26. 01. 2025 09:06 CET 17 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It's a lottery. It's very hard to see any ice, but there is. I even don't know what is a good tyre choice in there, at the end I was losing a lot with the studded. The handling wasn't great.
26. 01. 2025 09:04 CET 17 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): Crossover of supersofts is slow. It is quite difficult to read, our information has changed too much since the ice crew. When we saw Munster off we backed off since then. Big shame for Grég, but let's get through the last one. The conditions are changing from damp, the grip is okay but suddenly it is nothing, you can't even see the road and you're waiting for the ice to defrost as well. Especially over the bridges, it's slippery in there, especially with the cross pattern. My grandmother could probably have gone quicker in there.
26. 01. 2025 08:51 CET 17 retired (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): accident in SS 17
26. 01. 2025 08:36 CET 17 Stage is completely wet with possibility of ice patches. Temperature aboce zero.
26. 01. 2025 06:45 CET 17 Start will be delayed for 12 minutes.
26. 01. 2025 07:32 CET 16 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): Crazy! I don't push but the grip is not bad. Incredibly complicated. We went with all possible tyres. Two, two, two!
26. 01. 2025 07:30 CET 16 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): We have puncture. It was also not the correct tyre choice for this stage, we struggled on the ice. Disaster. The race is over, fortunately we are not collecting points. We will see what is possible. I don't know when I got the puncture.
26. 01. 2025 07:27 CET 16 (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): puncture
26. 01. 2025 07:25 CET 16 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Very, very muddy, very, very tricky. I am happy this one is behind us. We have all different tyre choices, the gap will reduce on this one. We needed this stage.
26. 01. 2025 07:23 CET 16 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): So difficult, I couldn't see for a lot of the stage I had so much dirt on the windscreen. Let's see how the tyre choice works out for the rest of the day.
26. 01. 2025 07:20 CET 16 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I am feeling really good, the aim was to get through this stage and get the advantageous tyre package later on, the aim was to only lose six seconds.
26. 01. 2025 07:16 CET 16 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Not sure the tyre choice is that good, I just drove through and took it safely.
26. 01. 2025 07:14 CET 16 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Really difficult condition. Some surprises like black ice which was not reported from the ice crew. Of course seeing Taka and Sami out made me really careful in those places especially. Of course, you can be faster but seeing them out made me really careful. We can be quicker.
26. 01. 2025 07:09 CET 16 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Probably not too bad tyre choice, we have to see the whole loop, the points are given over the whole loop. Just too careful at the end but you don't know where the ice is, the grip was good on the last 3km but I didn't try to drive faster. Not too bad, but like I said it wasn't a very committed run but lots of surprises. Let's see.
26. 01. 2025 07:04 CET 16 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): That's a massive challenge in there, I don't know if it is ice or frost or what it is, but it is so inconsistent. What a way to start Sunday morning.
26. 01. 2025 07:02 CET 16 retired (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): accident in SS 16
26. 01. 2025 07:02 CET 16 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): I told my borther Charles, competing in WRC2, I went without studs. I hope he took some, it is crazy. Four studs would be the perfect choice, it would help. There is a lot of black ice.
26. 01. 2025 06:59 CET 16 retired (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): accident in SS 16
26. 01. 2025 06:33 CET 16 Road is completely wet after night rain with some black ice, no raining, temperature around 6°C.
26. 01. 2025 06:30 CET 16 Start will be delayed for 6 minutes.
25. 01. 2025 18:23 CET 15 (49 - Vossen Henk / Vissenberg Willem): was out of road
25. 01. 2025 18:00 CET 15 (38 - Kohn Filip / Whittock Ross): was out of road
25. 01. 2025 17:59 CET 15 flash info (34 - Rossel Léo / Mercoiret Guillaume): I am very happy with my rhythm for today, amazing rally. Tomorrow big fight with Eric. Thanks to Citroën and my federation for the opportunity.
25. 01. 2025 17:59 CET 15 flash info (31 - Camilli Eric / De La Haye Thibault): It is a big battle, I am happy because we are really happy with the car. We are at the pace we wanted, making some good times. We know we are discovering this car and in the chnage of conditions it is not easy, but it is not too bad. To be honest, for sure it is a good battle, I know Léo very well from the French championship. If everything is working well with the car first, it will be very good for us.
25. 01. 2025 17:56 CET 15 flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): I think Nikolay Gryazin might be in a Rally1 Škoda that we've never seen before, that's a crazy time.
25. 01. 2025 17:56 CET 15 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): Scary stage. I am not normally scared when I drive, but a few times. I don't want to repeat this pace again. Too scary! I will think about it tomorrow morning, not now.
25. 01. 2025 17:52 CET 15 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): Happy to finish the day for sure, nice feeling this morning. More complicated this afternoon, but we are here and we need to focus on one target.
25. 01. 2025 17:50 CET 15 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Like always, very muddy. Difficult to enjoy this one. It's always better to have an advantage but still some tricky stages to go.
25. 01. 2025 17:47 CET 15 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It is getting dark now, all okay. Pretty bad mud in places but that is normal for this rally. It's not stressful, it is easy to know what to do in a podium fight.
25. 01. 2025 17:46 CET 15 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): Really tricky conditions, struggling a little bit more with the feeling this afternoon, but it is all okay. It is my first weekend in the car in the WRC, so it is really positive.
25. 01. 2025 17:42 CET 15 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I found myself again quite slow. I have no more answers, I don't know what to do.
25. 01. 2025 17:37 CET 15 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): We have been working far too long on the setup. I didn't get any kilometres on the slick tyres. It didn't work for me in the beginning but this afternoon it began to click and we found the rhythm. This one again, many surprises.
25. 01. 2025 17:33 CET 15 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Bit more difficult in the beginning, enjoyable but quite slippery.
25. 01. 2025 17:33 CET 15 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): We did a wheelie on a crest, at like fifth gear. It was on the limit. We enjoyed it yeah, why not? The time isn't too bad.
25. 01. 2025 17:29 CET 15 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Couple more changes. We are getting to a better direction. Is it enough for tomorrow? I don't know, we will have to see. If it is tricky conditions for tomorrow then it will be an advantage or disadvanatge for us. The target is to take some points from tomorrow and then put this weekend behind us because there will be easier weekends for us.
25. 01. 2025 17:26 CET 15 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It's a good start. We are improving a second a kilometre, maybe we can find more overnight. It's been some experience learning this car on this road. Seeing the fans here, it does make you feel like a superstar. There is so much to take in with the car, the team, Eoin is a new co-driver too. Everyone has done a top, top job.
25. 01. 2025 17:25 CET 15 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): The thing is, most of these stages we have never done before. They have been done in the past. It's really good that they managed to fix the car and we are able to do it today. It's big learning curve because the previous stage I knew I shouldn't have crossed and now I didn't cross. It's the new tyre.
25. 01. 2025 17:07 CET 15 Road is dry with mud from cuts.
25. 01. 2025 16:58 CET 14 flash info (34 - Rossel Léo / Mercoiret Guillaume): Big fight! For me, I don't have a good choice for the afternoon. We will see. Big attack, big pleasure. Best stage.
25. 01. 2025 16:58 CET 14 flash info (31 - Camilli Eric / De La Haye Thibault): Of course we feel the pressure, but I know L. Rossel very well from the French championship. I am more focused on my side to setup the car. We are still missing a little pace but we are pushing hard. We can get times with good setup. Of course I want to beat L. Rossel.
25. 01. 2025 16:53 CET 14 flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): It's better than the morning for sure, that one was quite tricky, very slippery in places. Gryazin doesn't have much left to give, so I think he's having fun.
25. 01. 2025 16:49 CET 14 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): The feeling is not bad, I have a small issue with my throttle. In slow corners, it is not easy but it is like that. It is not a big problem, but it is not easy to drive with this issue.
25. 01. 2025 16:46 CET 14 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It's more a gravel rally than a tarmac rally in there, it is so dirty. I am happy to have this one behind me.
25. 01. 2025 16:42 CET 14 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's a horrible stage, there is nowhere to go if you make a slight mistake and there is loads of mud on corners. We tried a few times but had a few big slides in corners. Naturally, we paid the price for that.
25. 01. 2025 16:40 CET 14 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): Ott has a different tyre choice, it seems to be working for him. It is good for him in the fight with Rovanperä. We'll see for us.
25. 01. 2025 16:37 CET 14 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): There is not much more to say, there is no need to add to anything. Can I gain any positions? For sure I'd be interested. But does it look like I can do it? Not so much. What do I need to do? Drive faster.
25. 01. 2025 16:36 CET 14 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Lot of pollution on this one and a couple of hairy moments as well, I tried my best on this one. The big guys are still coming, I am sure they are pushing on this one.
25. 01. 2025 16:31 CET 14 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Conditions okay, we had an issue. We stalled once and after that I have no confidence to drive. We need to find out what went wrong.
25. 01. 2025 16:30 CET 14 (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): spun
25. 01. 2025 16:29 CET 14 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Quite different conditions compared to the first pass, not so bad but still a lot more pollution everywhere. But fine. Safe, comfortable drive.
25. 01. 2025 16:28 CET 14 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I am fully fightng, it is very hard to keep the car on the road. We continue fighting, try and improve something tomorrow. We had some vibration, I think the rear right rim must have some damage or something.
25. 01. 2025 16:22 CET 14 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): Tyre choice wasn't so bad, struggled a lot on this stage the last time. It is better, but it is still not right. The road is that narrow if you make one mistake you're down into the rockpits. One big day today, another big day tomorrow.
25. 01. 2025 16:19 CET 14 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It's crazy. It's like a warzone. I have some supersoft in the boot, I didn't put them on because it looked dry. But the asphalt is not working on it. Josh is on supersoft cross I think, so it is good to get knowledge for the team.
25. 01. 2025 16:12 CET 14 (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): clipped the rock
25. 01. 2025 16:04 CET 14 Road is dry.
24. 01. 2025 17:14 CET 14 Stage is shortened for 5,37 km from the start.
25. 01. 2025 15:45 CET 13 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Good stage for me, good condition, good grip. Tried to look after the tyre. To win the rally you need to be consistent so we'll try our best.
25. 01. 2025 15:40 CET 13 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It felt pretty okay, no drama.
25. 01. 2025 15:40 CET 13 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I didn't get the feeling at the beginning, I was a bit too cautious driving the softs. The feeling came later.
25. 01. 2025 15:36 CET 13 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): This one felt really good, with these tools I don't have anything more to give to be honest. There was no mistake, the driving was very good and the grip was quite good from what I had.
25. 01. 2025 15:33 CET 13 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): We had a good rhythm, quite consistent condition. I had a better feeling in me and the car. Definitely conditions have changed as well.
25. 01. 2025 15:28 CET 13 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Feels okay, started overheating at the end.
25. 01. 2025 15:25 CET 13 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Quite nice run, nowhere near any movements but I had quite a nice flow. It is nice not to be too warm for the super soft tyres. Tried to be clean, but it is fun.
25. 01. 2025 15:23 CET 13 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It felt good to be honest, at least from the feeling I have now I couldn't do more. I am not surprised. The feeling isn't that great, it is not that bad either. It is always the same story, we are fighting a bit but not getting.
25. 01. 2025 15:21 CET 13 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It keeps on getting crazier, the way this thing picks up on acceleration is unbelievable on a dry road, everything is 2x speed. We have definitely jumped in at the deep end but now it is time to learn how to swim.
25. 01. 2025 15:16 CET 13 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It is quite dry, the cuts are not full of mud anymore. The tyre is overheating quite badly and the feeling is not so nice. All four tyres overheating, a bit more the rear but generally, all four.
25. 01. 2025 14:56 CET 13 Stage is completely dry.
25. 01. 2025 12:23 CET 12 retired (30 - Yamamoto Yuki / Fulton James): accident in SS 12
25. 01. 2025 11:55 CET 12 flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): It was okay in places. Very slippery at the end, very muddy. Very frsutrating on the first pass.
25. 01. 2025 11:55 CET 12 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): This car is easy to drive sideways, still there are things to improve. I like to slide on the high speed corners, I don't know how but I am very good.
25. 01. 2025 11:51 CET 12 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): Very tricky. I don't know if it rained before the stage, but it was very tricky, lots of mud; it's Monte.
25. 01. 2025 11:49 CET 12 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): I tried to manage the risk, which is not easy on Monte Carlo. In these conditions you need to be prepared to lose a bit of time. This was not so easy in places, with the rain coming at the end.
25. 01. 2025 11:46 CET 12 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I had a bit more feeling at the beginning. Found everything a bit nervous, it's like that. More complicated than we expected this morning for sure, the cuts are much wetter and that is making the road dirtier, but that is part of the game.
25. 01. 2025 11:43 CET 12 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I think the rain came during the stage, at the end it is very slippery and muddy. We lose a lot of time at the end but it is okay. We knew it would be a tricky morning, we thought it would be okay with slicks. I am looking out for Ogier and Evans, but I am keeping an eye on Rovanperä because you never know.
25. 01. 2025 11:39 CET 12 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Quite tricky conditions to be honest, we are still in the beginning of the stage when it is really twisty and low speed, I am not comfortable with the car. I cannot get it to speed like I want to. Other than that, OK.
25. 01. 2025 11:36 CET 12 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Very mixed condition, not easy.
25. 01. 2025 11:34 CET 12 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): That's a proper tricky stage, I don't know why but it is so slippery, it was so greasy. We have slick tyres but the car was sideways everywhere. The feeling was quite strange but I enjoyed a lot. Kalle should be good for drifting.
25. 01. 2025 11:32 CET 12 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): I would say the same as Neuville, quite slippery, it started to rain at the end and the last section is quite muddy. Quite sketchy but still quite a nice stage.
25. 01. 2025 11:28 CET 12 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It was the first stage I could really enjoy this weekend to be honest, I felt better in the car, we did some changes. I got some traction, we cannot put too much in confidence. There is a difference between traction and chassis control, the balance isn't right but we have to fight for tomorrow.
25. 01. 2025 11:26 CET 12 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): High speed end, crazy at the finish how much speed you can get in these cars, it's bananas. It is more dirty than expected, with the slime on the road. When you're hitting these big speeds, you don't know what the car is going to do because you don't have the experience. It is great fun sliding in fifth gear.
25. 01. 2025 11:22 CET 12 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): Around the second half of the stage the rain drops fell, we were too optimistic with the tyre choice, the first stage was fine but the second and third was too optimistic. Something behind might happen.
25. 01. 2025 11:19 CET 12 Light rain towards to finish.
25. 01. 2025 11:03 CET 12 Road is dry with some damp parts and few melted ice parts, temperature around 12°C.
25. 01. 2025 12:00 CET 11 (71 - Oldani Marco / D’Agostino Pietro): stopped in stage, continue
25. 01. 2025 11:42 CET 11 retired (44 - Somaschini Rachele / Arena Nicola): accident in SS 11
25. 01. 2025 10:57 CET 11 flash info (34 - Rossel Léo / Mercoiret Guillaume): I hit a rock on the right, right rear of car is damaged very slippery. It is the same profile from my home rally. I like, but it is very hard!
25. 01. 2025 10:54 CET 11 flash info (31 - Camilli Eric / De La Haye Thibault): It was tricky, I hardly pushed to be honest. The car is too stiff, so I took risks to try not to lose that much time. I tried to not lose too much time and get back to the service and be on the safe side in terms of the setup.
25. 01. 2025 10:52 CET 11 flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): It's a tricky stage, not amazing for me. Struggling this morning with the car, tricky in the undercuts. Bit of me, bit of setup. It is just not working this morning.
25. 01. 2025 10:51 CET 11 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): It was some silly moment, the time compared with Rossel is proper off. I don't feel the grip at all. It feels dry, it is nice, but the stage has some pollution and if you want to use the wideness of the road you will have some big moments. It is not easy to handle, tricky stage. I was expecting more dry and more clean.
25. 01. 2025 10:49 CET 11 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): Very difficult. Very twisty, very challenging, with the grip. If you push very well you can take a lot of pleasure. Now it is a bit different.
25. 01. 2025 10:48 CET 11 (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): was out of road
25. 01. 2025 10:46 CET 11 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Very dirty stage, was on the safe side a little bit. The information we got was good but maybe we didn't expect so much pollution coming.
25. 01. 2025 10:42 CET 11 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Not good for me at all, a lot more cutting than expected and in my notes. Lots more pollution again, but that is how it is, it's the same for all these guys in the back so we need to try and be better in the next one.
25. 01. 2025 10:40 CET 11 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): We get a lot of dirt from the cars ahead, I lost a little bit of time. I did stall in a square right, so I lost two seconds. I had a clean stage it just gets dirty.
25. 01. 2025 10:37 CET 11 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): This kind of slow and narrow is always bad for me, I never really enjoy it. The downhill was very slippery, lots of pollution, lot more than expected.
25. 01. 2025 10:34 CET 11 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): This one is not a comfortabloe stage, we had a good tyre for this one. If you are technical in this stage, it is about not coming out the line.
25. 01. 2025 10:31 CET 11 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's okay, this is Monte! It is fine. Quite okay, but in the downhill section, damper in a twisty corner which is quite slippery, otherwise okay.
25. 01. 2025 10:28 CET 11 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Faster by the end of stage? That means it is positive. Really okay flow on the stage, honestly I was a bit afraid after the recce, but happy to see they cancelled the first few kilometres of it. The rest was fine, had quite good flow, really steady feeling so it is good. I guess there is some mud coming from quite many cuts, I don't know if someone is cleaning but there are many muddy places which are getting worse, so for us it is okay for us to be in the middle.
25. 01. 2025 10:26 CET 11 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It's getting a bit dirtier, but I am not pushing crazy. I am trying some stuff on the car to find a bit more confidence. There is no reason for us to push at the moment. Trying to get through. We are trying different tyre combination, damper clicks, etc.
25. 01. 2025 10:23 CET 11 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): Phew! That has got everything, there's no grip coming downhill on the new asphalt. Another one to write in the diary book.
25. 01. 2025 10:23 CET 11 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): Really good feeling for winning the previous stage, everyone was a bit gutted yesterday but I think this is a big thank you for them, all the team that worked really hard last night. Years of commitment and work that finally get a reward, it is a very nice feeling. I didn't want to do too much in this one because you need to keep your feet on the ground, but it is a tricky one.
25. 01. 2025 10:02 CET 11 Road is dry with some damp parts, temperature around 12°C.
24. 01. 2025 17:13 CET 11 Stage is shortened for 5,37 km from the start.
25. 01. 2025 10:36 CET 10 Stage is cancelled.
25. 01. 2025 10:22 CET 10 Stage is stopped because of fire of car no 48.
25. 01. 2025 10:22 CET 10 retired (48 - Marchino Filippo / Ometto Pietro Elia): fire in SS 10
25. 01. 2025 09:43 CET 10 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Congrats to Munster, massive road condition difference. Well done, he did already some good times yesterday. He is on a good path. It's a good start for us, I am happy.
25. 01. 2025 09:40 CET 10 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Quite a lot more dirt and pollution than expected, it is dragging out from all the cuts, so not as straightforward as I thought. I'm not looking anywhere on the standings, I am just looking at me.
25. 01. 2025 09:37 CET 10 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): We'll see at the end of the stage, it gets greasy. The conditions gets worse and worse. I had a clean stage, it was quite demanding for us, the cars and the tyres. There was one Toyota behind and two in front so we need to stay somewhere.
25. 01. 2025 09:31 CET 10 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Nothing happened, it is just a bit of a struggle with the pollution. Still struggle with the car when it gets tricky.
25. 01. 2025 09:28 CET 10 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Getting polluted, it is quite slippery under the braking. Otherwise okay, except cough.
25. 01. 2025 09:26 CET 10 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Quite okay run actually, a lot to improve but still quite fine and what I see from the time, I guess it is not too bad actually. We just try to go this way and see what it brings.
25. 01. 2025 09:24 CET 10 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I had to do a reset. The car went and then I lost the power like in Japan, we thought the turbo was gone. In the situation we were in lets try to do a reset and we were fine since. No idea, no alarm, nothing. Now it is working.
25. 01. 2025 09:21 CET 10 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): I don't think I've ever seen a clean road in WRC in my life, the conditons are changing a lot. It is nice to get a good run out there. This is crazy.
25. 01. 2025 09:17 CET 10 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It's a really tricky one, a bit of everything. A wet section with some muddy cuts, a much faster and wider road. It is a tricky one for sure, happy to be first o the road for this one. Disappointment for yesterday but the team did a good job at night to allow us to be here today, the tyre overheating is all part of the experience.
25. 01. 2025 09:04 CET 10 (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Stopped in stage to completely reset the car.
25. 01. 2025 08:57 CET 10 Weather is semicloudy, road is dry with some damp parts, temperature around 12°C.
25. 01. 2025 11:01 CET 9 (58 - Royere Eric / Grenier Alexis): puncture
24. 01. 2025 23:16 CET 9 (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): Original time on stage: 10:54.2
24. 01. 2025 21:15 CET 9 retired (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): technical problem - electrics after SS 9
24. 01. 2025 18:16 CET 9 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): We got a fogged up windscreen halfway through, we're here. Another day done, we probably run first on the road tomorrow so another new experience but the team has done another top job. Another two days to go, let's enjoy them.
24. 01. 2025 18:14 CET 9 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Exactly, obviously really tricky day, I know many many things where to improve, but I have solely the mindset that I want to be clean and fill up with confidence and knowledge, then speed up. It is still going towards the plan. Let's see, somehow the days in the morning were very step-by-step and the day is a bit cautious.
24. 01. 2025 18:12 CET 9 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It's a tricky one, with the puncture we had the stage before and to drive a tyre package which is not ideal. We put the snow tyre on the car which is moving a lot, it damaged the rear right. Damage limitation for sure but the rear right was sliding everywhere.
24. 01. 2025 18:11 CET 9 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): This one is pretty difficult, starting to get darker and darker for the cars behind. That's not the best. Not where we want to be pace-wise, but that is where we are.
24. 01. 2025 18:03 CET 9 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Afternoon was much better and easier for sure, it improved from the morning. I couldn't trust the information on the pace notes so we need to discuss what to do for tomorrow morning.
24. 01. 2025 18:00 CET 9 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It's been a clean stage for us, Séb woke up in this one compared to this morning. I did a small mistake when I went wide, but it has been a really good afternoon for us so I am really positive. Position is really good but still two big stages left.
24. 01. 2025 17:57 CET 9 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It's a good end to the day, I had to fight for that. Earlier today I didn't have a mega feeling, I was really on the backfoot, tricky feeling and I couldn't find the perfect rhythm but the last two stages were good for me.
24. 01. 2025 17:54 CET 9 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): This one was actually a bit better, just need to get used to it now.
24. 01. 2025 17:51 CET 9 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): No real ice in this one, normal damp conditions, no real issues.
24. 01. 2025 17:49 CET 9 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I was punctured far before the corner, front left puncture since the beginning. We tried to go as far and as fast as we could but at some point the tyre just went and we went straight again. I don't know if we should have stopped and changed it or not, it is hard to know if the tyre will be ok.
24. 01. 2025 17:42 CET 9 (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): puncture
24. 01. 2025 17:41 CET 9 (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): was out of road on same place like in first run
24. 01. 2025 17:33 CET 9 Road is mostly dry with some damp and muddy parts. Temperature around +6°C.
24. 01. 2025 23:14 CET 8 (54 - Fontana Matteo / Arnaboldi Alessandro): spun
24. 01. 2025 23:12 CET 8 (42 - Rumeau Sarah / Amblard Julie): spun
24. 01. 2025 17:21 CET 8 flash info (24 - Daprà Roberto / Guglielmetti Luca): Better than four super soft for us I think, there was less ice than expected. We took a lot of time on this stage, but we need to stay on the road, to pay attention and continue. It is easy to make a mistake and we are happy.
24. 01. 2025 17:19 CET 8 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): I don't know! It felt good, the car was working well, I did a few adjustments and it felt better. It's down to the gravel crew, we had a lot of ice in the stage and they did a good job on the notes. You can be a bit more confident with them.
24. 01. 2025 17:17 CET 8 flash info (31 - Camilli Eric / De La Haye Thibault): The car felt a lot better, we are too soft on tyres! I still have one snow in the back. But that's life, I am happy to really enjoy.
24. 01. 2025 17:14 CET 8 flash info (34 - Rossel Léo / Mercoiret Guillaume): This is my first experience in dry tyres on the snow. It is very tricky but I am happy.
24. 01. 2025 17:14 CET 8 flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): I haven't driven on Monte ice since 2022, no testing either. I thought I was very slow but I wasn't so bad.
24. 01. 2025 17:12 CET 8 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): For sure it is never easy when you don't have a succinct strategy. For me it is clear, I need to do no mistake and keep focused on my race. The next stage, I think it will be very challenging for sure, let's see if the road has improved but I think our tyre choice is good.
24. 01. 2025 17:10 CET 8 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): We went for studded tyres. Let's see on the next stage, with the ice on the road, this is how it is.
24. 01. 2025 17:08 CET 8 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): First time for everythng I suppose! Nice to get through, big challenge. I messed some things up at the start but it is good learning. Not everyday we can come to Monte Carlo and do it, so good fun. The Anti-Lag system at the start, I was just playing about with it and of course we were on ice.
24. 01. 2025 17:01 CET 8 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Well I think it is all about taking all the experience we can. Again, the first time to be on such a condition with these tyres. A lot to learn, a lot to do better, but it always about experience. It is interesting, I must say. Quite tricky but you think it is more tricky than it actually is, so it is about finding the balance.
24. 01. 2025 17:01 CET 8 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): I was on a straight uphill and suddenly we lost pressure. We didn't hit nything. There is snow everywhere on the edge, so you can't even hit a cut. I didn't take studs so at least I don't have to put the studs on.
24. 01. 2025 17:01 CET 8 (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): puncture
24. 01. 2025 17:00 CET 8 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I think it was pretty okay, of course I don't know where the difference came but it is first pass conditions. The road was getting dirtier and muddier for us, lot more on the downhill here, so for sure it makes a difference.
24. 01. 2025 17:00 CET 8 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's okay actually, not as bad as expected. Careful on the ice because I had a bad memory from last year. It is okay.
24. 01. 2025 17:00 CET 8 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It was a compromise, I didn;t want to take the studs for two or three corners, I just wanted to be cautious. In a downhill you cannot stop, but I stopped the car. We are here and we have a good time.
24. 01. 2025 17:00 CET 8 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): I tried my best like always, my whole family, so many friends in this stage and I never won it! I really need to try this time, I'm not sure if it will be enough with the guys behind but I've tried my best.
24. 01. 2025 16:59 CET 8 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It was actually much, much better than anticipated. Happy to be through. Can be better.
24. 01. 2025 16:41 CET 8 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I was proper steady, it just started to go and I couldn't recover. I was on the ice, we just went a margin too far, we were almost there. We had the information, it was just Bambi on ice.
24. 01. 2025 16:39 CET 8 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It is really tricky. On the ice, I was pushing the clutch and pushing the handbrake, all four wheels were locking. It is not easy to keep it on the road. We were talking about the car. There is a change of balance, once the tyres get very hot I get massive understeer. It's soemthing we couldn't test yet so we need to find out.
24. 01. 2025 16:35 CET 8 (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): spun
24. 01. 2025 16:28 CET 8 Stage is mostly dry with some damp and icy parts.
24. 01. 2025 17:35 CET 7 retired (53 - Šekuljica Slaven / Petrović Damir): accident in SS 7
24. 01. 2025 16:15 CET 7 (30 - Yamamoto Yuki / Fulton James): was out of road
24. 01. 2025 16:02 CET 7 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): No big drama, just quite tricky, not having flow and nothing really wrong but not feeling quite good with my driving.
24. 01. 2025 15:58 CET 7 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It's okay, like I said before, we had a very good morning and I don't want to make a mistake. It is really difficult with the road position, I could have done more but I don't want to risk too much. This is also a stage they know really well next.
24. 01. 2025 15:57 CET 7 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It was okay, we changed something on the car for the service for this slick kind of setup or condition. It's better but I am struggling a lot with getting the feelings and the tyres.
24. 01. 2025 15:53 CET 7 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Feeling is okay, I didn't expect that to be a good stage. It is somewhat easier than the morning, just need to put the foot down with the ice and frost.
24. 01. 2025 15:52 CET 7 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I think it was okay, the stage got dirtier and dirtier. I couldn't do much more to be fair, the corners had a lot of dirt put into them.
24. 01. 2025 15:52 CET 7 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It's better than this morning with the grip, obviously I didn't push enough. We'll see what the plan is for SS8.
24. 01. 2025 15:42 CET 7 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Clean stage, lot of dirt. Not as good feeling as expected but clean stage.
24. 01. 2025 15:42 CET 7 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I'm not sure if you'd call that conistent, bit less mud than expected, think it is drying quickly.
24. 01. 2025 15:37 CET 7 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): First of all, thank you to the guys who fixed the car. Happy to be here, not so easy to be honest, I tried to do a good stage. But I have too much inconsistency with road openings. There is no line at all, we are mkaing the line everywhere in the deep mud. I tried what I could but I don't feel so comfortable, I come off all the time and it makes it so scary.
24. 01. 2025 15:31 CET 7 Road is dry with some damp parts.
24. 01. 2025 12:54 CET 6 flash info (24 - Daprà Roberto / Guglielmetti Luca): Good day so far, this morning we were a bit careful. The distance between the first drivers was okay for us. Then we had a small moment on a tight corner and it was very tricky. Many places were there with the sun, so let's see.
24. 01. 2025 12:53 CET 6 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): I put some studs on the car all around, some sections are okay but some sections are so dry and you lose some time. Car is not working so bad. You realise you can find 5.9sec on the first stage when you finish fourth fastest overall on the first stage.
24. 01. 2025 12:52 CET 6 flash info (31 - Camilli Eric / De La Haye Thibault): We enjoyed. We do our maximum, try to push. Not easy condition. We have to be a bit more clearer on the setup of the car but we are getting closer, so that is fine. Step-by-step.
24. 01. 2025 12:49 CET 6 flash info (34 - Rossel Léo / Mercoiret Guillaume): What a stage! In France, the stage is very clean. In WRC, just happy to finish. The plan? No mistake.
24. 01. 2025 12:48 CET 6 flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): On previous stage we had a sensor that failed so we went into front wheel drive, lost a bit of time. This one was okay, very surprised the time itself is quite good.
24. 01. 2025 12:45 CET 6 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): I know the stage but it is always the same here, it is never the same condition. It is incredible. At the start, the engineer told me Ogier mistake, Neuville mistake, Tänak mistake! Tonight, I think it will be very challenging.
24. 01. 2025 12:44 CET 6 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): In the places where it is just wet and dry it is nice but where it is slippery it is not easier, it is hard to read the grip at times. I'm not sure the tyre choice was the best decision but it is not bad for sure.
24. 01. 2025 12:40 CET 6 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): We've seen all the drama at the start, it is nice to have the information. It would be tricky to run first on the road. Hopefully this afternoon we can keep on pressing. It's dryer in areas and then other areas it is getting slippery, but it is a hard task for the route note crews, we don't envy them.
24. 01. 2025 12:39 CET 6 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): We went a bit wide on one corner, at least for me it was just quite a big surprise. Really slippery place, grip was changing a lot. Bit too fast in one corner, slide up the bank a bit, nothing more. Maybe 5km to the finish.
24. 01. 2025 12:36 CET 6 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It was crazy. I pushed one or two times, it was really on the limit. We made the tyre choice, we have to stick with it. We did it with the team, it was really stressful this morning. The gravel crew did a good job, it was just really icy.
24. 01. 2025 12:34 CET 6 (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): was out of road, puncture
24. 01. 2025 12:31 CET 6 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Pretty okay, I don't know what tyres the others used. Not easy conditions, pretty safe run through. There were some easy sections but a lot of other sections, pretty careful.
24. 01. 2025 12:28 CET 6 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's very difficult. The black ice was quite okay.
24. 01. 2025 12:26 CET 6 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It is really nice, we had a good stage. I was really enjoying. That was a demanding stage, it was quite crazy. I had good fun, took it quite clean with no mistakes. I am happy.
24. 01. 2025 12:22 CET 6 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It is tricky, we expected a little bit better but there is still some grip changes in there.
24. 01. 2025 12:19 CET 6 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): There is a lot missing, but I am happy to be here. Some black ice was there.
24. 01. 2025 12:17 CET 6 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Not too good, very difficult. The sun is out, lot of the places the gravel crew marked icy but when you are in and out of the shade it is difficult to trust it.
24. 01. 2025 12:16 CET 6 (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): was out of road
24. 01. 2025 12:15 CET 6 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I think we paid the price of not having enough experience with the tyre for the dry section, it felt like the tyre was quite stable then suddenly I lost the car on the brakes, saw the ditch and lost the rear. The car is fine to go back to service.
24. 01. 2025 12:14 CET 6 (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): was out of road, damaged right rear of car
24. 01. 2025 12:05 CET 6 (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): was out of road, broken wheel
24. 01. 2025 11:57 CET 6 Stage is mostly dry with some damp and icy parts, temperature around 8°C.
24. 01. 2025 11:12 CET 6 Start will be delayed for 17 minutes.
24. 01. 2025 10:38 CET 5 Stage is cancelled.
24. 01. 2025 10:33 CET 5 Road is mostly dry, there are damp and icy parts.
24. 01. 2025 10:27 CET 5 Stage will be delayed, ambulance going to fallen spectator.
24. 01. 2025 11:40 CET 4 retired (66 - Frau Richard / Breynat Vincent): health issues before SS 4
24. 01. 2025 11:11 CET 4 retired (51 - Chatillon Mattéo / Cornuau Maxence): accident in SS 4
24. 01. 2025 10:14 CET 4 (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): technical problems with handbrake
24. 01. 2025 10:14 CET 4 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It was surprisingly okay, it's cleared up a lot since the info from the note crew, it went OK. It's good fun sliding around in the daylight. We're quite far back in the road, so we have an idea of what everyone is going on tyres.
24. 01. 2025 10:10 CET 4 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): It's really tricky to say, I was sure I had a puncture halfway through the stage. I backed off a lot and felt like I was going really slow. Strange. For me, it was not so bad, quite consistent, slippery. Not so many big surprises, actually quite fun sliding around. A big shame that I thought we had something wrong.
24. 01. 2025 10:08 CET 4 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): Even though I am not sure it was the right tyre choice, in some sections it was okay. I really tried to push on this one. I had some info from the gravel crew that it could be done without studs, but everyone was taking studs. I think you need at least two, four would be better because at some times it was a bit close.
24. 01. 2025 10:04 CET 4 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): There is not a big difference inside the car, maybe we are better or worse with the studded tyres on these conditions this morning. At the end there was more difference on the ice notes than the beginning, the beginning wasn't icy but the end was changing a lot. I would say that is the trickiest one.
24. 01. 2025 10:00 CET 4 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): All okay, just had a bit careful in the icy places, had to make sure the grip was okay. We have to understand when it can be slippery, ice or mud.
24. 01. 2025 09:58 CET 4 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I had a clean stage to be fair, I tried to play with the car and enjoy the stage. I am really happy with our pace. It is getting dirty also and the ice is melting in places. It is quite hard to know and we need to guess where the ice is melting or not.
24. 01. 2025 09:55 CET 4 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): You cannot be surprised to lose time in these conditions. Tricky conditions, but it is more looking like Monte at least, with the ice and frost, not mud like yesterday.
24. 01. 2025 09:52 CET 4 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's super difficult conditions, I must say information this time was quite good. Very difficult in places to know how fast to go. In Monte-Carlo you are not surprised about anything, it is normal to take large chunks of time out of rivals.
24. 01. 2025 09:49 CET 4 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Very difficult I'll be honest, very hard to know where the grip was good or not. So difficult to read, not ideal, but it is what it is. I think the tyre choice was reasonably pokay but the conditions are more challenging than the tyre choice.
24. 01. 2025 09:45 CET 4 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It is not easy. First on the road, no lies. Lots of surprises. I did get some rhythm but the car did not have a lot of grip. I was always losing the balance, so not easy. Sometimes the ice was still there, but even in some new places. Not easy.
24. 01. 2025 09:32 CET 4 Road is mixture of dry and damp tarmac with some ice possibility. Temperature slightly above zero.
23. 01. 2025 21:54 CET 3 Stage is cancelled.
23. 01. 2025 21:53 CET 3 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): Not easy, I try to put all the tyres and maybe it is a good solution. It is a normal first night for me. The time after the first stage it was very close between himself and brother Léo, never easy to focus on your race for sure in this position.
23. 01. 2025 21:53 CET 3 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): We are going slow, we had an issue with the tyre before we started as we had no tyre pressure. This is not good to have before the stage. We were forced to slow down because I had to manage the tyres I had on the car. It's starting to be frozen roads, ice, you can start seeing the ice.
23. 01. 2025 21:48 CET 3 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): Difficult. A lot of learning, a big shoutout to everyone at home watching. It's been an exciting two weeks, it's a big step up and there's lot of work to do. Bring on tomorrow.
23. 01. 2025 21:47 CET 3 Stage is redflagged from Yohan Rossel. For safety reasons due to spectators.
23. 01. 2025 21:46 CET 3 Stage is stopped.
23. 01. 2025 21:45 CET 3 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Really tricky, obviously really cautious in many places. We just wanted to finish in one piece, Let's see what tomorrow brings but I am really happy to see what tomorrow brings. If we are happy with the rhythm or just making it in one piece.
23. 01. 2025 21:41 CET 3 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It was really tricky, with our road position we can be really happy with the fourth fastest time in here. I always like these stages but it is not good because I do not have much hair so if I lose it all in this because of stress then it is no good.
23. 01. 2025 21:39 CET 3 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Only the last stage now, the performance is where it should be with our starting place but the previous two were proper bad. Interesting to be honest, wanting a bit more.
23. 01. 2025 21:33 CET 3 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I feel all good, happy to go back to service as they will fix the car. This stage is quite horrible to drive.
23. 01. 2025 21:33 CET 3 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): The ice is coming now, so it is really difficult to see where exactly. I had a bad feeling, I was scared to get trapped by the black ice. It is a long, long rally.
23. 01. 2025 21:33 CET 3 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Difficult, of course. Lot of mud on the road. We got a surprise, we hit a pole sideways. Lucky to get away with that.
23. 01. 2025 21:27 CET 3 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Happy to be here. So many places where we don't expect to be so slippery. Balance of the car is good.
23. 01. 2025 21:22 CET 3 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Moderately happy. Few slides in that middle one early on, I lost my confidence and couldn't see, couldn't seem to read the grip anymore. So mixed in terms of grip. Feeling was fine, happy to be at that point, let's see what the others do.
23. 01. 2025 21:21 CET 3 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): The first part, I am painting the road. The last part, I am cleaning the road. There was so much little gravel, super tricky to keep the car on the road. Considering I didn't drive with the tyres on those conditions, we are discovering and have met the target to finish the day.
23. 01. 2025 21:19 CET 3 (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): was out of road
23. 01. 2025 21:05 CET 3 Road is mixture of dry and damp, with some mud towards the end.
23. 01. 2025 21:36 CET 2 (48 - Marchino Filippo / Ometto Pietro Elia): was out of road
23. 01. 2025 20:50 CET 2 retired (35 - Roveta Alberto / Gonella Nicoló): accident in SS 2
23. 01. 2025 20:47 CET 2 flash info (24 - Daprà Roberto / Guglielmetti Luca): A bit better than the previous one, very tricky, we almost spun in one of the last corners. A lot more difficult than expected. I think the snow tyre was not a bad choice, we just need to stay on the road and continue like this.
23. 01. 2025 20:46 CET 2 flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): It was very slippery, same with the last one, lost rear brakes part way through. Not sure why we keep losing them.
23. 01. 2025 20:43 CET 2 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): It is just the first stage, if the rally finishes now I am a bit disappointed! Noisy stage for sure, lots of mud and lots of cut but it is the same for everybody I am sure. Last year I lost 10sec, this year six. It is good for sure.
23. 01. 2025 20:39 CET 2 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): Was a bit better, but in the last part I think the ice is coming, or it was the mud, at the end of the stage. Was really tricky, but I released the throttle in the last part. Quite tricky, wasn't dry in a lot of places.
23. 01. 2025 20:37 CET 2 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): On previous stage I hit a mountain, broke the rim, punctured and damaged the damper! Other than that the car is okay and I made sure I warmed the tyres properly before this one, it was all okay.
23. 01. 2025 20:37 CET 2 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): Everything learnt honestly, it is a big learning experience. It is more daunting than anything I have ever done before, especially in the night and these conditions. But hey, it's some experience. Mamma Mia.
23. 01. 2025 20:35 CET 2 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Very tricky, I must say. A lot of mud on the last section, much worse than I was expecting. I don't know how the grip was with the tyres on the muddy sections so starting to be careful. To be quicker than Kalle? Maybe we are both bad.
23. 01. 2025 20:30 CET 2 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): Last part is really muddy. We need to be cautious. This was a mixed stage, wasn't expecting it. The black ice is coming out a bit, not much, but just enough to keep you out of line. Bit of understeer in third gear, which is not nice for the confidence. Keep the car a bit low and try to get the grip but a really tough stage.
23. 01. 2025 20:29 CET 2 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): The times aren't good. It is hard to say what is going wrong to be honest. Driving on the slippery part is hard.
23. 01. 2025 20:19 CET 2 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It was incredible! The speed at the beginning is massive. Really tricky at the end with the mud, et cetera. The ice was coming in some places. This is a proper Monte Carlo stage.
23. 01. 2025 20:16 CET 2 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It's a tricky one, much more inconsistent than the first one. A little bit too cautious, especially in the end, it is hard to be as committed as the beginning and being fast. Not the perfect stage, but good time.
23. 01. 2025 20:14 CET 2 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's super tricky conditions, so many surprises. We tried our best but it is tricky.
23. 01. 2025 20:11 CET 2 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Very difficult, I found it difficult. Difficult to read the grip, felt like there was a layer of mud or dirt in places. I had a few slides in places, I was expecting the same level of grip everywhere. Tricky.
23. 01. 2025 20:08 CET 2 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Much more dirty than expected, it was full of muddy places where there was nothing when the gravel crew went through. In some places there was ice forming, we had to slow down. Also from the smoke from fireworks we have seen nothing sometimes.
23. 01. 2025 19:54 CET 2 Road is completely dry with some humid parts.
23. 01. 2025 20:52 CET 1 (64 - Bréchet Julien / Escartefigue Thomas): was out of road
23. 01. 2025 19:51 CET 1 retired (49 - Vossen Henk / Vissenberg Willem): time limit exceeded in TC 0A
23. 01. 2025 19:50 CET 1 flash info (56 - Pelamourgues Arthur / Pouget Bastien): It's so tricky at the beginning, I'm like WOW. I didn't push so hard, then I was calm.
23. 01. 2025 19:50 CET 1 flash info (52 - Rossi Ghjuvanni / Sarmezan Kylian): We are not so fast but the car is good and I mean the driving was not so bad, it is just the first stage.
23. 01. 2025 19:48 CET 1 flash info (51 - Chatillon Mattéo / Cornuau Maxence): Very difficult, not the best stage to start the season. I tried to make the tyre choice different, with the snow tyre. I don't know if it's good.
23. 01. 2025 19:48 CET 1 flash info (50 - Dominguez Diego / Peñate Rogelio): I think it was a very bad idea [to come here]! Just kidding. Fantastic experience, very tricky. Around 7-8km I saw a bright white light behind me and I thought 'no way Chatillon caught me.' So I put my foot down. Let's hope codriver Penate finishes his 500th rally.
23. 01. 2025 19:41 CET 1 flash info (48 - Marchino Filippo / Ometto Pietro Elia): There is nothing better than rallying in the mountains in the dark! THis was my first real stage in a while, I haven't been in the car since April. It's cold, new tyres. We are here and there are no scratches on the car. Claudia and Daniele are watching from home so blows a kiss.
23. 01. 2025 19:38 CET 1 flash info (46 - Brazzoli Enrico / Musiari Martina): It is very tricky stage, very slippery. I enjoy to be here for the tenth time. The weekend is very difficult and tricky, but it is fantastic.
23. 01. 2025 19:38 CET 1 flash info (29 - Boland Eamonn / "MJ" ..): That was unbelievably slippery.
23. 01. 2025 19:30 CET 1 flash info (44 - Somaschini Rachele / Arena Nicola): We made a safe choice, but I lost confidence anyway because it was veruy slippery in the middle of the stage. I tried to push a little bit more, but it is a challenging stage. Still the first stage and the race is long.
23. 01. 2025 19:24 CET 1 flash info (42 - Rumeau Sarah / Amblard Julie): Very tricky condition, very good for my first race and stage in WRC. It is cool but the condition is very hard.
23. 01. 2025 19:23 CET 1 flash info (39 - Sarrazin Pablo / Combe Geoffrey): I am really happy to be here, it is my first stage in Monte-Carlo. I drive like a grandma, really tricky stage! We take it step by step and see how the rally goes.
23. 01. 2025 19:21 CET 1 flash info (38 - Kohn Filip / Whittock Ross): It was a really bad stage for me. I hit something big in the start in a cut, so I was really cautious. Let's get to the finish, we need to think more.
23. 01. 2025 19:21 CET 1 flash info (37 - Černý Jan / Krajča Ondřej): I was behind Brega for 1km. At the beginning of the stage, there was a huge stone in the cut. Huge impact, we went on the side for one moment. The car is amazing, I just need the confidence for the moment.
23. 01. 2025 19:20 CET 1 flash info (36 - Brega Flavio / Zegna Marco): It's not good, very difficult.
23. 01. 2025 19:20 CET 1 flash info (35 - Roveta Alberto / Gonella Nicoló): Not too bad for tyre choice, cross winter and slick, even the choice is not for attack. The road is very slippery, even with some mud in the middle of the stage. We need to be considerate.
23. 01. 2025 19:09 CET 1 flash info (26 - Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi): It is so difficult, even in the first stages I have some moment. Something hit from the bottom so now the handbrake doesn't work now.
23. 01. 2025 19:09 CET 1 flash info (25 - Munster Charles / Pascaud Loris): It is just for the confidence, I am not here to win the rally. We will take the confidence from today, then we will see how it goes. We'll see next stage for the feeling, this one was tricky.
23. 01. 2025 19:09 CET 1 flash info (28 - Potty Maxime / Herman Renaud): It's very difficult because they are a little bit wetter on the track. It is not easy.
23. 01. 2025 19:09 CET 1 flash info (34 - Rossel Léo / Mercoiret Guillaume): I am very happy to be here, this is a big challenge for me. I have a little problem with my wiper, so I have to go.
23. 01. 2025 19:05 CET 1 flash info (31 - Camilli Eric / De La Haye Thibault): It was a bit difficult on the middle of the stage when it was very slippery. I lost the rhythm on braking, the rest was okay.
23. 01. 2025 18:58 CET 1 flash info (24 - Daprà Roberto / Guglielmetti Luca): Really hard, very tricky, we took a huge hit on the car from bottom in the first part on a big cut, I was flying high. I was really careful. This is only the first stage and the first race of the year.
23. 01. 2025 18:55 CET 1 flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): Towards the end it wasn't great, the start was okay. There was a section which was very tricky, I didn't quite get the confidence after that.
23. 01. 2025 18:55 CET 1 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Didn't warm up the tyres enough in the begining. Long flat right, the rear went for me in a corner. Long flat mountain, I hit the bank, damaged rim. Not the best way to test the new tyres, should have read that a bit better.
23. 01. 2025 18:53 CET 1 flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): Not easy for sure, before the start I think it will be the most easy stage of the weekend, when you are in there it is never easy. I don't know what happened for Solberg but it is just the beginning.
23. 01. 2025 18:53 CET 1 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): Not easy to be honest. On the wet and dry it feels easy to drive, but on a bit of pollution it is complicated. The setup is okay, I just need to get the feeling myself. It is not going to be easy for anyone this week.
23. 01. 2025 18:48 CET 1 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): What an experience, everyone should experience what I've seen today. From lighting up casino square to launching this beast into darkness.
23. 01. 2025 18:45 CET 1 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Really tricky, I felt really slow and tried to stay in the middle of the road. It is still fine. For me and everyone, it is better to finish the first stage and then build up the confidence step by step.
23. 01. 2025 18:41 CET 1 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): A really tricky one, getting very dirty. There was a section that was way more slippery than anticipated at the end, I wanted to finish my first stage safely.
23. 01. 2025 18:40 CET 1 (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): was out of road, puncture
23. 01. 2025 18:38 CET 1 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I am not so surprised to be honest, it was pretty dirty and the guys did this stage last year. For me, it was the first pass and the first pass in the dark is never easy.
23. 01. 2025 18:36 CET 1 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): There are some issues, I don't know exactly what.
23. 01. 2025 18:32 CET 1 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It's a big challenge, there is a lot of dirt on the road. After 10km it was greasy with the braking in the corners. I lost a lot of confidence after that, so I took it easy in the corners. Apart from that, it was really nice to drive with the spectators. Good fun.
23. 01. 2025 18:29 CET 1 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It was a pretty good feeling, I took it a bit careful in the conditions but this one was nice to drive. We have to adapt to grip, making the right tyre call. Many things.
23. 01. 2025 18:26 CET 1 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): All good, clean stage, no drama. It's Monte, it is normal here to lose some time. Safe, clean run.
23. 01. 2025 18:23 CET 1 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I lost my confidence a bit, there was a slippery part that looked like it continued longer than it did. A bit dramatic at the end there, otherwise not too bad.
23. 01. 2025 18:21 CET 1 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It was different. First time in these conditions, with these tyres. I was trying to discover. Not easy to be honest. I don't know where the grip will change, how the grip will be. Really difficult to kick off in these conditions. Really tricky to be honest. We have to work with the car to try and understand.
23. 01. 2025 18:06 CET 1 Road is mostly dry tarmac, temperature is around 4°C.
23. 01. 2025 01:30 CET 1 retired (32 - Margaillan Matthieu / Margaillan Mathilde): retired before start after crash on shakedown
22. 01. 2025 19:02 CET SHAKEDOWN Stage continues.
22. 01. 2025 18:23 CET SHAKEDOWN Stage is stopped.
22. 01. 2025 18:14 CET SHAKEDOWN retired (32 - Margaillan Matthieu / Margaillan Mathilde): accident in second run
22. 01. 2025 18:14 CET SHAKEDOWN (58 - Royere Eric / Grenier Alexis): jump start
22. 01. 2025 16:35 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (24 - Daprà Roberto / Guglielmetti Luca): Good feeling, I just broke the ice because I am a bit stressed. It is my first race with the RS in the WRC2, we have the onboards this time too. We are happy to be here, it is a dream come true.
22. 01. 2025 16:34 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (23 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): It's nice to be back, first time driving these tyres in the wet, it'll be a learning weekend for everyone. It's looking very Monte! I don't care what the weather does as long as I have the right tyres.
22. 01. 2025 16:31 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): The plan is to do no mistake, I spun on a slow corner in first gear, very tricky conditions. We have to adjust to the grip but I think it is the same for everybody. Happy to be back in the World Rally Championship, strange feeling lining up with brother in the same team, we have to be happy.
22. 01. 2025 16:30 CET SHAKEDOWN (22 - Rossel Yohan / Dunand Arnaud): spun
22. 01. 2025 16:29 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): We will see how the road is now, after the recce, the weather settles. We need to run the tyres yet, there is not too much driving on the new tyres. It will take here, in the beginning, to find the feeling. If the setup feels good, we will do our job.
22. 01. 2025 16:27 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It is fantastic to be back, really fun to start this adventure with Printsport. A dream come true to start this rally. The weather will be very interesting, with the new tyre, who knows what we will do in these conditions.
22. 01. 2025 16:25 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It's honestly a dream to start this rally, the stage, in this car. Some dream. Let's ride the rollercoaster and see how it goes.
22. 01. 2025 16:23 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): The recce was interesting, the time is ok.
22. 01. 2025 16:22 CET SHAKEDOWN (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): almost hit the deer
22. 01. 2025 16:21 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It's good, tricky conditions, especially on slick tyres. I pulled the handbrake twice and something is wrong with the disconnecting, we need to get it back to service.
22. 01. 2025 16:19 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It is getting really dirty quickly, not a bad thing to be in the starting place, but the road is getting really dirty. The Thursday and Friday when we are not in the starting place will be really tricky with the pollution.
22. 01. 2025 16:17 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): New year,new feeling. Good to be back, feels quite different.
22. 01. 2025 16:14 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It's a really tricky shakedown already, very challenging at the beginning. It will be challenging for us to understand the new tyres, it will be interesting. The target is to make the right tyre choice every time.
22. 01. 2025 16:12 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): So far the conditions are not good, quite typical of Monte Carlo. Not so much snow, a lot of water. Getting dirty very quickly on the road, might be a very difficult weekend here.
22. 01. 2025 16:11 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It felt quite wet to be honest, it looks quite tricky like this. The grip is quite unpredictable at the moment, so it is quite tricky.
22. 01. 2025 16:09 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's gonna be a challenging weekend for us, probably more so than last year. This rally is always demanding, you have to try and enjoy it in all the madness. Conditions were reasonably straightforward last year, this year it looks a bit mixed.
22. 01. 2025 16:07 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Happy to be here again, it's an honour to have the number one on the car but it doesn't mean it won't be any easier this year. We have to fight for it again, we have clear targets as a team for this year. We have to make the most out of it, to fight for both titles again would be nice. So let's enjoy it!
22. 01. 2025 16:01 CET SHAKEDOWN Road is completely wet, light rain.