Thierry Neuville wins the Tour de Corsica

The Belgian had a perfect race during these three stages, signing 8 scratches in this event. He crossed the finish line with a lead of 15??5 over Jan Kopecky, who failed to reduce the gap at the head of the race. “ I'm more than happy. I hope this is just the beginning and things continue like this », comments the winner of the Rally of 10 Bends.

Freddy Loix climbs to the last step of the podium and takes the lead in the IRC Championship, 5 points ahead of Jan Kopecky and Thierry Neuville. The Skoda driver had a solid race and took advantage of the mistakes of the leading drivers. “ I am happy to take the lead in the Championship. I quickly understood that I could not go looking for the leaders », Comments the Belgian.

The fight for 4th place came to an end in the last special. Pierre Campana thought he would finish in 5th position when a tire on his Peugeot 207 S2000 has a flat tire. But Bryan Bouffier went off the road, ending his race in the trees. The crew fortunately escaped without any injuries.

Bruno Magalhaes (Peugeot) and Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda) finished in 5th and 6th place respectively. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Peugeot (104 points) is 2 points behind Skoda (106 points)

Pierre-Antoine Guglielmi wins the 2WD category with his Renault Clio R3. Victory in Group N went to Florian Gonon (Subaru Impreza Sti).

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