Francois Duval just edged Loeb and Sordo during today’s shakedown stage in Corsica. Duval recorded a time of 3m44.9s on the 6.1km stage to state his intentions for this rally which he firmly believes he can win.
Duval told wrc.com:
I like the conditions here and I think we’ve got a really good set-up. Corsica is a very [...]

Kris Meeke was in devastating form on the Rally Germany shakedown today as he was reporedly 4s faster than anyone in the S1600 A6 class, which includes all the top JWRC runners. Meeke, in the Munaretto run ex-Sandell Clio S1600, was only able to confirm his entry a few weeks ago after securing the necessary funds to compete.
Rallye [...]

Solberg quickest again after showing similar pace on Mexico and Sweden’s shakedowns. Must be good psychologically for Subaru and lets hope can carry pace throughout event as did in Mexico. Must be D.R. effect, coupled with damper modifications, anyway good for WRC if Subaru competitive again.
Shakedown times
http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/161264-0/petter_leads_way_in_wet_shakedown.html