Juho Hänninen still leads the debates

Juho Hänninen retains the lead of the Azores Rally at the halfway point of the second day. The Skoda driver increases his lead, but his opponents remain in contact.

Published on 15/07/2011 à 14:08

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Juho Hänninen completed the two stages of the morning (SS5 canceled by the presence of cows on the course) as leader. The Skoda driver still has a few seconds ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda), who has regained the advantage over Bruno Magalhaes (Peugeot ), third in the event.

Jan Kopecky (Skoda) follows the pace in fourth place, the Czech being only 1??2 behind the Portuguese and 22??2 behind the leader. Behind, the gap is already more significant with Patrik Sandell (Skoda) who occupies fifth place, more than a minute from the lead.

Ricardo Moura (Mitsubishi) retains sixth place after the retirement of Guy Wilks (Peugeot), victim of a broken suspension on his 207 S2000. Bryan Bouffier (Peugeot) is in contact just one second behind the Portuguese.

The crews will set off again for 32 timed kilometers divided into three special stages before returning to service which precedes three other special stages which will conclude the second stage.