Rovanperä and Adrien Fourmaux each described the phases as “superb”, whereas Sébastien Ogier echoed that enthusiasm – however warned the rally shall be demanding.
“I believe it’s lovely, in fact. I consider you might have heard that from a lot of the drivers,” Ogier advised DirtFish.
“It’s a ravishing piece of Tarmac which stays clear, no cuts, so each factor is there to make an thrilling race. On the identical time, it’s demanding, I consider.
“Driving on the restrict on this street just isn’t that straightforward particularly when it’s a primary for many of us and yeah, we’ll should have a really correct pacenotes and belief it as a result of each little mistake right here may be very pricey with, let’s say, one thing laborious on the road like a mountain or rocks or barrier.
“I believe the distinctive character of this island might be the climate altering tremendous rapidly and having some begins close to the coast the place you might have 25C and dry and then you definitely come on the finish of the stage, it’s 15C much less and damp or moist, so that may create a really tough problem for us.
“However in the mean time, the solar is shining, so it’ll most likely keep like this.”
