Juho Hänninen (Skoda), a serious contender for the title, has just gone off the road at the very start of the Koilinia special, rolling over. The Flying Finn was only 7 points behind leader Jan Kopecky (Skoda) taking into account the 7 best results.
Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda) completed the 24,15km course in 20. The Norwegian is ahead Thierry Neuville (Peugeot ) of 3??9. “The special was quite difficult but I kept a good pace”, comments the leader of the event.
Behind Nasser Al-Attiyah (Ford) at 9?9, Jan Kopecky (Skoda) failed at 12??7 from the provisional best time. “This special was really complicated because the course was particularly bumpy, I am happy to be at the finish”, declares the Czech leader of the Championship.
Patrik Sandell (Skoda) finished more than 28 seconds behind while Freddy Loix was 46 seconds behind. “This course wasn't the easiest, I haven't driven on dirt for 3 years and I had difficulty at the start”, explains the Belgian.
Andreas Mikkelsen now has an 8 second lead over Thierry Neuville, who climbs to 2nd position following the retirement of Juho Hänninen. Finlandias sees its chances of winning the title disappear after winning the title in 2010. Jan Kopecky remains in 3rd place with 8 seconds behind the 207 S2000. Nasser Al-Attiyah took 4th place 6 seconds behind the Czech and 17 seconds ahead of Patrik Sandell. Freddy Loix fell to 6th position, 11 seconds behind the Swede.
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