After SS12: Corsica despair for Mikkelsen

The Norwegian suffered a front-right puncture

After SS12: Corsica despair for Mikkelsen
Author: Franck Drui
14 May 2011 - 16:16

Andreas Mikkelsen’s hopes of claiming a podium finish on Tour de Corse-E.Leclerc appear to be over after the Norwegian suffered a front-right puncture on stage 12.

The Škoda UK Motorsport driver lost more than three minutes and has dropped from third to eighth as a result. “I don’t know where it happened, I didn’t cut anywhere a lot,” said the dejected 21-year-old.

Thierry Neuville continues to lead the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier in his Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207. The 22-year-old was three-tenths of a second faster on the stage than Jan Kopecký, whom he leads in the overall standings by 16.5s.

Freddy Loix climbs to third with Bryan Bouffier moving ahead of Pierre Campana into what has become fourth overall following Mikkelsen’s delay.

Standings after SS12:

Pos.DriverCarTime
1 Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas Peugeot 207 S2000 2h49m54.9s
2 Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr Škoda Fabia S2000 +16.5s
3 Loix Freddy / Miclotte Frédéric Škoda Fabia S2000 +44.8s
4 Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier Peugeot 207 S2000 +1m17.7s
5 Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina Peugeot 207 S2000 +1m17.8s
6 Maurin Julien / Ural Olivier Ford Fiesta S2000 +4m06.2s
7 Magalhaes Bruno / Grave Paulo Peugeot 207 S2000 +4m07.1s
8 Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola Škoda Fabia S2000 +4m17.9s
9 Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio Škoda Fabia S2000 +4m22.2s
10 Sandell Patrick / Parmander Staffan Škoda Fabia S2000 +7m03.8s
11 Leandri Jean-Mathieu / Leonardi Pierre-Marien Peugeot 207 S2000 +8m13.8s
12 Gonon Florian / Arlettaz Sandra Subaru Impreza Sti +9m48.6s
13 Guglielmi Pierre-Antoine / Porcu Jean-François Renault Clio R3 +10m32.0s
14 Arai Toshihiro / Moscatt Dale Subaru Impreza R4 +10m52.9s
15 Al Rajhi Yazeed / Baumel Mathieu Peugeot 207 S2000 +11m32.2s
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