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After SS13: Kopecký edges closer to second

Bouffier’s hopes of winning outright appear to be over

By Franck Drui

4 June 2011 - 13:55

Škoda Motorsport’s Jan Kopecký will start the final stage of the Prime Yalta Rally with an outside chance of snatching second place from Bryan Bouffier after going 11.7s quicker than his rival to narrow the Peugeot France driver’s margin to 20.5s.

Kopecký was 2.2s quicker than Andreas Mikkelsen with Thierry Neuville third fastest in his Peugeot.

Bouffier’s hopes of winning outright appear to be over after overall leader Juho Hänninen beat him through the stage. The gap between them has risen to 17.4s with one stage left to run.

Overall positions after SS13:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	2h42m17.9s
2	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+17.4s
3	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+37.9s
4	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m02.4s
5	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m33.7s
6	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4m59.8s
7	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+7m33.0s
8	Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+9m36.3s
9	Sandell Patrik / Parmander Staffan	Škoda Fabia S2000	+17m57.0s
10	Raoux Jean-Michel / Magat Laurent	Renault Clio R3	+20m16.3s
11	Cosma Vlad / Dorca Florin	Citroën C2 R2 Max	+22m52.7s
12	Bidzinashvili Archil / Arjevanidze Georgi	Honda Civic Type R	+27m08.7s
13	Puskádi János / Godor Barna	Honda Civic Type R3	+28m09.1s
14	Pechenyk Volodymyr / Yankovskiy Andriy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+28m15.1s
15	Tamrazov Oleksii / German Ivan	Ford Fiesta S2000	+30m38.0s