With four stages and 71.86 timed kilometres remaining, Daprà leads Teemu Suninen by 20.2s as Boštjan Avbelj made it a Pirelli-equipped Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 top three in third place. On mountainous stages northeast of Rome, Andrea Crugnola had led his home ERC counter at the midday halt by 5.8s but came under mounting pressure from Daprà on the first leg of the afternoon loop. Daprà, a former FIA ERC4 champion, went 4.1s quicker than Crugnola through SS5 to narrow his compatriot’s lead to 1.7s.