I think they used the results of the second run of that stage to create the notional time. The thing is just that Ogier likely wouldn't have performed so well on the morning loop due to road cleaning. Evans was faster on all the three other morning stages.
Based on the splits of SS 10, Ogier was faster from Evans and Rovanpera by some margin.
Maybe, they had evidence that he would be faster also at the finish of the stage.
Rally always had an endurance element.
And I remember the (mainly Scandinavian) drivers moaning about long days, night stages, lack of sleep and it being dangerous way back in the 80's on the RAC...
I don´t know your age, but RMC back in the 50´s and 60´, started from lots of cities in Europe and did liason all the way to MC. It took maybe almost a week for transportation... on winther roads, as...
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