 Ireland leads the field away for the 28 kilometre run down along the mountain ridge at Benmore toward the notorious winding drop to the dam. That's what you call stupidity, I don't see the drops, I'm looking at the road, I'm trying to be precise in what I do and make the most of the road I've got there to use and I try and keep a good timer. Horseswood is the first challenge to lead, leaving an impression on his closest competition. Do you see that thick take off? That's what my 400 brake horsepower does for you. This is not for the faint-hearted and the Australian is unfazed by the road conditions barreling on down toward Lake Benmore. We're just using the handbrake quite regularly just to make sure the back was hanging out just so we weren't understeering anyway. If I was going to go off one of those banks I didn't want to be looking where I was going going off backwards. No, it was good, it was an awesome stage, scary but pretty awesome. Horseswood is fast but pays the price. I don't know, I don't even know what I run over but yeah, just right from flat to ice and can't do anything. No use wrecking the car, we just stopped and changed it. I don't think there's anything as rough and challenging that I've driven in Australia. They tell me that's an iconic stage, I now believe it.