Flash News (After SS6)

1. NASSER AL-ATTIYAH (QAT)/ MATTHIEU BAUMEL (AND)

Day 1 was good for us for the championship but we are losing time to Simos. We were opening the road and wasn't easy. Tomorrow we will have a better starting position and we will try to do our best. It is not easy to win the race but for us the victory is to win the Championship. We will see the situation tomorrow.

2. ABDULLAH AL-RAWAHI (OMN)/ ATA ALHMOUD (JOR)

We had a flat front tire in the last stage so we had to stop. The car behind passed us and we had to follow his dust. We lost about three minutes.

3. PETROS PANTELI (CYP) / PAMBOS LAOS (CYP)

The car is very good. We are improving along with it. In SS2 & SS3, we had some warning lights on and we slow down. In SS5, it stalled at the start. Despite being tired, we will continue tomorrow

4. CHRISTOS DΕMOSTHENOUS (CYP)/ KYPROS CHRISTODOULOU (CYP)

We faced problem with brakes during the first two special stages. We fixed the problem and we pushed in the afternoon. We agreed to drive carefully in order to maintain our position, we now have a better position which is welcomed.

6. SIMOS GALATARIOTIS (CYP)/ ANTONIOS IOANNOU (CYP)

We didn't face any problems in the afternoon . Although we lost a lot of time in the morning stages, in the second loop everything was fine. We didn't lose any time. The tires wore out more than we expected, but we won all three stages in the afternoon, and we are in first position. We hope to continue like this and win the Cyprus Rally 2023.

Comment

In the afternoon loop, Galatariotis / Ioannou moved quickly and without any problems, passed ahead of Al-Attiyah / Baumel. Demosthenous / Christodoulou took third place, capitalizing on the time Al-Rawahi / Alhmoud lost.