Quotes:
Jari-Matti Latvala (Team Principal)
“We can be very happy with how our rally is going, especially as we have four cars out front. Our car has been performing well and our drivers have been fighting closely with each other and pushing hard, but not making mistakes. Elfyn has been very strong again here, driving fast but smoothly. We could see his performance already on Friday and now with a better road position today, he was able to deliver the times consistently. Taka was feeling earlier that he was missing some grip, but this afternoon he was improving and doing well. Sami has also been getting faster and faster and we know the speed that Oliver has, so it’s shaping up to be an exciting Sunday.”

Elfyn Evans (Driver car 33)
“It’s been a good day for us overall. In the morning we were strong and that’s when we were able to make the biggest gains. This afternoon was a bit more mixed. It was much harder on tyres than we expected, but we still got through it cleanly. Tomorrow can still be quite a challenging day: the longer stage we do twice is a tough one and it’s been reversed for this year. The gaps are still small, so I’m sure it’s going to be a good fight.”

Oliver Solberg (Driver car 99)
“This morning was great for us. The conditions were consistent, the feeling was good and we could catch some time and some positions. This afternoon I think the road cleaning was playing a bigger part again. There was a lot of loose snow and I struggled a bit with the rhythm and was sideways a lot. At least we could get up to fourth place today which I think was the realistic goal, as my team-mates are doing a great job in front, and I’ll keep doing my best tomorrow.”

Takamoto Katsuta (Driver car 18)
“I can’t be so happy with how today went, I think it could have been much better. In the morning I was struggling with the grip and I’m not completely sure why, but we were losing a lot of time. The conditions are tough because it’s very cold, so in the afternoon we had to manage the tyres as well, but thankfully we didn’t lose so much time. I feel the car has been working well and when we had a good feeling, we had the pace. There’s still one day to go and I’ll definitely try my best.”

Sami Pajari (Driver car 5)
“I’m pretty satisfied with today and especially this afternoon when we could take a couple of stage wins. I have a really nice feeling with the car and I’m enjoying the driving in these proper winter rally conditions. Taka has also been pretty strong this afternoon, so he hasn’t been making it easy for us to try and close in. There’s still quite a lot of kilometres to go tomorrow and we just need to try and continue the same rhythm and keep pushing.”

End of day three (Saturday):
1 Elfyn Evans/Scott Martin (Toyota GR YARIS Rally1) 2h05m14.6s
2 Takamoto Katsuta/Aaron Johnston (Toyota GR YARIS Rally1) +13.3s
3 Sami Pajari/Marko Salminen (Toyota GR YARIS Rally1) +25.4s
4 Oliver Solberg/Elliott Edmondson (Toyota GR YARIS Rally1) +58.4s
5 Esapekka Lappi/Enni Mälkönen (Hyundai i20 N Rally1) +1m09.5s
5 Adrien Fourmaux/Alexandre Coria (Hyundai i20 N Rally1) +1m17.7s
7 Thierry Neuville/Martijn Wydaeghe (Hyundai i20 N Rally1) +2m10.0s
8 Jon Armstrong/Shane Byrne (Ford Puma Rally1) +3m24.8s
9 Josh McErlean/Eoin Treacy (Ford Puma Rally1) +4m48.8s
10 Roope Korhonen/Anssi Viinikka (Toyota GR Yaris Rally2) +8m24.1s
(Results as of 18:45 on Saturday, for the latest results please visit www.wrc.com)

What's next?
The final leg on Sunday features two passes of Västervik, run in the reverse direction to last year and separated by a last opportunity for service. A second run of the full-length Umeå stage that opened the event on Thursday then serves as the rally-ending Power Stage.