00:00Leg two contained eight stages, and fastest over the opening test was Delacour, opening
00:05up an 18 second lead, despite trouble with his transmission.
00:08I have a gearbox problem, you know, like Marcus, and at the moment they are trying to change
00:13the gearbox and we don't know if we will get a penalty or not.
00:17I have 15 more scores, 80 meters left.
00:25Polizzi had made a dubious tie choice for the first stage, but fought back to finish the
00:29day in the lead, nearly three seconds ahead of Delacour.
00:34Philippe Bugowski lost his grip in the lead battle as the roads became dirtier and less
00:38suited to his two-wheel drive Citroën.
00:40The Frenchman continued to slide back all day, dropping out of the top ten.
00:45Colin McRae was also in trouble.
00:47Less than a mile into the first stage, the Ford engine was reduced to two cylinders.
00:53There has been a water leak on the cylinder head into the plug holes.
00:57We have tried to address it as best we know how.
01:02We have also sealed off the plug in relation to the coil top ignitions and we will just
01:09really have to see.
01:10McRae went on to win two stages before this incident ended his rally.
01:20We hit a small bump on the inside of a junction right which sent us broadside and the back got
01:26over the bank and we just rolled onto a road going down on the opposite side of the junction.
01:32That's the way it happens I'm afraid.
01:34Winning four of the day's stages and problems for drivers in front helps Mackenem move up the leaderboard.
01:46The Finns progress put pressure on Didier Oriel.
01:49Although the Toyota driver also moved up the field, he couldn't match his championship rival's pace,
01:54giving himself a lot of work to do in the third and final leg.
02:03After a lacklustre first leg, Richard Burns was beginning to settle into his stride.
02:08However, having said the fourth fastest time on the opening stage, problems struck.
02:20We lost drive before the stage. It caused us a little bit of problem in the stage.
02:25The gearbox was actually working okay but it missed a couple of gears towards the end
02:29and then just straight after the stage it came to a stop with no driver.
02:33Local driver Andre Egini battled with Freddy Likes all day, finishing behind the Mitsubishi driver
02:38in the first non-works car.
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