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After SS7: Hänninen takes Yalta Rally lead

Bouffier 6.1s, Kopecky 30.5s

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3 June 2011 - 13:42

Škoda Motorsport driver Juho Hänninen has moved ahead of Bryan Bouffier and into the lead of the Prime Yalta Rally. The Finn, the defending Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion, was fastest through stage seven and now heads Bouffier in the overall standings by 6.1s.

Guy Wilks was second fastest in his Peugeot UK 207 although there was more frustration for his Kronos Racing team-mate Thierry Neuville who had to stop to change a puncture.

Deflated tyres also slowed Toni Gardemeister and Patrik Sandell, while Giandomenico Basso completed the stage where he reported a suspected engine problem on his PROTON Satria Neo.

Crews are now heading to the final stage of the day, the 28.95-kilometre Orlinoje stage, which gets underway at 15:24hrs local time.

Overall positions after SS7:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	1h18m59.5s
2	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+6.1s
3	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+30.5s
4	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	+33.7s
5	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m20.8s
6	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5m07.9s
7	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+5m08.9s
8	Tempestini Marko / Pulpea Dorin	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5m18.3s
9	Andersson Per Gunnar / Axelsson Emil	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+5m30.6s
10	Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+5m52.4s
11	Sandell Patrik / Parmander Staffan	Škoda Fabia S2000	+6m33.8s
12	Basso Giandemenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+7m11.7s
13	Saliuk Oleksandr sen. / Chervonenko Evgen	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+7m53.1s
14	Raoux Jean-Michel / Magat Laurent	Renault Clio R3	+9m55.9s
15	Cosma Vlad / Dorca Florin	Citroën C2 R2 Max	+10m36.0s