By Anja Rammig, Tim Jupp, Kirsten Thonicke, Britta Tietjen, Jens Heinke, Sebastian Ostberg, Wolfgang Lucht, Wolfgang Cramer and Peter Cox.

ECONOMIST: Sources and acknowledgments

Evgeny Novikov (Citroen Junior) finished the day in fifth place after rivals Henning Solberg (Stobart Ford), Dani Sordo (Citroen) and Mads Ostberg (Adapta Subaru) all hit problems.

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