Neuville takes the lead in Corsica

The driver of the 207 S200 won the first special of the Tour de Corse, ahead of Jan Kopecky (Skoda) by 0”7 and Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda) by 2”7. However, all the drivers speak of an extremely difficult event.

Published on 12/05/2011 à 15:47

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Thierry Neuville took the best start at the Tour de Corse, setting a time of 16:10:3 in the first passage from Fangu to Notre Dame de la Serra. “ It's a very difficult stage, we had some very hot moments », Comments the provisional leader at the end of SS1. “ In the middle of the stage we had to slow down because it was very bumpy. We need to adjust the set-up for the second pass. »

Behind Jan Kopecky, we find the other Skoda driver Andreas Mikkelsen who managed to keep up with the pace of the leaders. “ It?s something different, the stages are very bumpy », notes the Norwegian. “ I hope we are on the right track »

Bryan Bouffier is the second driver Peugeot and finished 3?9 behind the Belgian. “ The stage was really beautiful, but very difficult. My steering wheel was going in all directions », notes the Frenchman who is ahead of Guy Wilks (Peugeot) and Freddy Loix (Skoda).