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After SS2: Wilks sets pace through stage two

Hänninen was third fastest

By Franck Drui

2 June 2011 - 13:39

Guy Wilks has won the second stage of the Prime Yalta Rally in his Peugeot UK 207 Super 2000.

The Briton edged Thierry Neuville, his Kronos Racing team-mate, by 1.4s to close to within 0.1s of the overall lead. “It was very difficult with the grip changing all the time,” said Wilks.

Juho Hänninen was third fastest through the stage but the addition of a 10s penalty for a reported jump start means he failed to demote fellow Škoda driver Patrik Sandell from the final podium spot in the overall classification. The Finn is 11th overnight.

Crews are now heading back to service in Yalta prior to the ceremonial start. Friday’s opening stage gets underway at 08:44hrs.

Overall positions after SS2:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	4m30.6s
2	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	+0.1s
3	Sandell Patrick / Parmander Staffan	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2.1s
4	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2.2s
5	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+3.2s
6	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3.5s
7	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+5.5s
8	Basso Giandemenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+5.5s
9	Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+6.7s
10	Andersson Per Gunnar / Axelsson Emil	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+8.5s
11	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	+11.7s
12	Tempestini Marko / Pulpea Dorin	Peugeot 207 S2000	+16.0s
13	Cherain Cedric / Pirotte Cedric	Renault Mégane RS	+21.5s
14	Tamrazov Oleksii / German Ivan	Ford Fiesta 2000	+24.7s
15	Gorban Valeriy / Chernega Vadim	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+25.1s