Juho Hänninen caught by Bouffier

Juho Hänninen retains the lead of the Yalta Rally. But the leader of the Ukrainian event only has a handful of seconds ahead of the Peugeot driver, with 3 stages to go.

Published on 04/06/2011 à 10:21

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Bryan Bouffier was able to maintain a strong pace in the three stages of the morning to come back to 5??1 from Juho Hänninen (Skoda) at midday of the last stage of the Yalta Rally. ?I?m trying to attack, but I don?t want to end up with an accident. It’s not bad, we’ll see”, comments the pilot Peugeot at the end of SS11.

Jan Kopecky (Skoda) still occupies 3rd place, but he finds himself in danger following the incessant attacks of Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda), who signed two scratches this morning, to find himself 12?9 behind the Czech. “We attack hard. I feared a puncture in the 2nd special of the morning?, explains the Norwegian in the fight for the podium.

Guy Wilks (Peugeot) and Thierry Neuville (Peugeot) no longer have much to hope for, the Briton and the Belgian respectively trailing their closest adversary by 2?12??2 and 1?49??1. Peugeot drivers wait for an error or bad luck from the leading drivers to gain positions.