Stage victory for Joan Barreda. Gonçalves less than one minute behind leader

"I’m happy. Finally on the third stage we had a good day, spending the whole day pushing. I started in fourth position and I caught up with Paulo and we pushed together trying to catch up with the front runners. I’m very pleased and have a good feeling because the bike performed perfectly today. It was a perfect day and we will try to go on this way, and the day after tomorrow we should finish the rally with a good result."

"Today we had a really good day for Team HRC. We achieved first and second overall, me and Joan. We have two more days to race, and I will keep battling with them to try and win. We are really happy with our bike because we can really put it to the test on these hard tracks in Abu Dhabi. Everything is ok at the moment so we are really confident about what is coming in the future."

"One day more. A good day for us I think. Paulo did a good job as well as Joan. I finished today in fifth place. It was a great day. Now we’ve got to keep going for two more days. Tomorrow is motocross and then it’s the last day to decide the race. I’m happy to be here with the new team and I think everything is going really well. Congratulations to everybody."

"I’m really happy with the win for Joan Barreda who proved that he’s a really fast rider, and with the second place of Paulo Gonclaves who has been putting in a very consistent race here in Abu Dhabi. Paulo is now very close to the first riders. We are improving our bike. The team is working very well together and the bike is improving day by day. I think that we are in the perfect position to attack in the next two days. My compliments to the team and the riders for the work done so far."

"Today we had a very nice team result; first and second in the stage, which also means the first desert stage victory for the new Team HRC configuration, and we are happy to be in fighting distance of the first two riders, at less than one minute behind them. So far Paulo has been doing everything possible in the last two days. Joan made up some ground today too. Helder didn’t take too many risks as he is further back, as a result of the technical mishap on the first day, but overall all three riders are in good moods and in good attacking positions for the last two days. Tomorrow we’ll have a motocross start, meaning fifteen riders on the starting-line together – something special for the rally. We’ll see how it goes."