WRC 2
Wednesday
midday
update

The German took the lead from early pace-setter Esapekka Lappi, also in a Skoda, who hit rocks midway through SS1, breaking a wheel and front suspension wishbone. Lappi nursed his car to the finish line, and started SS2, but was reported to have stopped midway through. 

German WRC veteran Armin Kremer is second in a Subaru Impreza, with Yuri Protosov third in another Subaru.