Hänninen: “The CRI level is increasing”

After winning the Rally Islas de Canarias and having seized the reins of the general classification, Juho Hänninen skipped the Tour de Corsica. It must be said that this year, the Finn and his co-driver Mikko Markkula are also competing in the S- championship.WRC. But this weekend, the reigning champion returns to the IRC, for the Prime Yalta Rally, an event unknown to everyone.

“It’s great that Mikko and I are back in IRC, underlines the driver of the Skoda Fabia S2000 wearing the number 1. But I don?t have the slightest idea what the Prime Yalta Rally stages might look like. The rally will therefore be a real challenge for all the teams at the start. I would love to win there, that's obvious, but I have no doubt that it will be difficult. The last rounds have clearly shown that the level of the IRC is constantly increasing. »

Fourth in the general classification with 12 points behind, Juho Hänninen will do everything possible to steal the leadership seat from Belgian Freddy Loix.