Quotes:
Jari-Matti Latvala (Team Principal)
“Kalle could not have been better today: It was a 10-out-of-10 day from him. To attack on the most difficult stage of the rally this morning and take the advantage that he did was really good. Then he was able to keep up the speed until the afternoon when he could start to back off a bit. He has managed it really, really well, and he has a good advantage now which means that he doesn’t need to take any risks. As for Seb, he tried to keep the pressure on for the podium, but was not so comfortable in the rougher conditions today, and that is understandable when he is thinking about the championship. Elfyn was improving his speed throughout the day and once again he’s doing a very consistent job.”

Sébastien Ogier (Driver car 1)
“Yesterday I was really happy with the job I did; today it was not my best day ever. But we are on target because I stayed ahead of Elfyn and he is my nearest rival in the championship. This morning I was too careful and driving a bit too much with my head, but then this afternoon the conditions were very difficult with big ruts in the first two stages. When you want to be fully in control and not take any risk, these are not the conditions you want to have, so I preferred to take it easy. Most importantly we are still there in a good position for the championship and tomorrow we have the chance to get some extra points from the Power Stage.”

Elfyn Evans (Driver car 33)
“Today I was still trying to find the sweet spot and I think we continued to make some small steps with the setup during the day, and generally the feeling was better in the afternoon. We haven’t got a lot to show for that in terms of improving our position in the rally, but at least we’re taking some steps in the right direction and that’s a positive with an eye on Rally Finland later in the year. Tomorrow we’ll focus our efforts on the Power Stage and try to come away with some more points.”

Kalle Rovanperä (Driver car 69)
“It’s been a really nice day and it feels good to be in this position tonight. We know the first stage this morning was the most difficult stage of the rally, a really technical stage with brand new pacenotes, and we prepared really well for that knowing that we could make some difference. It didn’t feel so good, but it was clean and I was trying to push and the time was really good. After that we could make a gap and then manage it on the second pass, where the conditions were quite rough. There were some tricky places with big ruts but we managed it quite well. Tomorrow is going to be a long day still: In this position we need to be focused all the time to not make any mistakes but still have a good rhythm.”

End of day three (Saturday):
1 Kalle Rovanperä/Jonne Halttunen (Toyota Yaris WRC) 2h17m46.8s
2 Craig Breen/Paul Nagle (Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) +50.7s
3 Thierry Neuville/Martijn Wydaeghe (Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) +1m20.9s
4 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (Toyota Yaris WRC) +1m38.8s
5 Elfyn Evans/Scott Martin (Toyota Yaris WRC) +2m02.2s
6 Teemu Suninen/Mikko Markkula (Ford Fiesta WRC) +6m14.3s
7 Pierre-Louis Loubet/Florian Haut-Labourdette (Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) +7m32.5s
8 Alexey Lukyanuk/Yaroslav Fedorov (Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo) +8m15.9s
9 Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo) +9m15.1s
10 Mads Østberg/Torstein Eriksen (Citroën C3 Rally2) +9m41.0s
(Results as of 21:00 on Saturday, for the latest results please visit www.wrc.com)

What's next?
There will be six stages in total on the final day of Rally Estonia, formed from two loops of three tests without service in between. The final stage of the loop will serve as the rally-ending Power Stage and finishes next to the service park.