Reports are now in from out in the field and Peter O’Keefe has experienced gearbox issues. With the car running a gearbox that is used in most by NASCAR’s, it will almost certainly rule him out of the majority of the event.

Greg Garwood has also had a spin on TS18, which has cost him 10 seconds now placing Rex Broadbent in the lead. The chain of events again highlights that Cethana really is one of the defining stages of the event.