After SS8: Hänninen out in front in Argentina
He has been quickest on six of Saturday’s seven stages
After SS6: Hänninen´s lead increases
Škoda’s Juho Hänninen has increased his advantage on Rally Argentina to almost 20 seconds with his fourth stage win of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier. Guy Wilks has moved ahead of Kris Meeke for second after the Peugeot 207 driver’s decision to run a hard compound tyre backfired.
IRC newcomer Nasser Al-Attiyah’s hopes of a points finish have faltered after the Qatari picked up two punctures during the stage.
After SS7: Hänninen´s advantage grows
Works Škoda driver Juho Hänninen is on course to complete the opening leg of Rally Argentina with a commanding lead after he extended the gap over second-placed Guy Wilks to 29.3 seconds with his fifth stage victory of the weekend.
Overnight leader Kris Meeke, in a Peugeot 207, remains in third with Jan Kopecký a distant fourth in the second factory Fabia.
Hänninen’s time over the 20.43-kilometre Amboy-Santa Monica stage was more than 10 seconds faster than he managed when it ran for the first time in the morning.
There is one stage remaining before the overnight halt in Carlos Paz.
After SS8: Hänninen out in front in Argentina
Finland’s Juho Hänninen has completed the opening leg of Rally Argentina with a lead of 32.2 seconds. The factory Škoda Fabia ace, who heads the Intercontinental Rally Challenge points after two rounds, has been quickest on six of Saturday’s seven stages during a dominant performance.
Finland’s Juho Hänninen has completed the opening leg of Rally Argentina with a lead of 32.2 seconds. The factory Škoda Fabia ace, who heads the Intercontinental Rally Challenge points after two rounds, has been quickest on six of Saturday’s seven stages following a dominant performance.
Guy Wilks, in a similar Fabia, will start leg two in second place, 18.8s clear of fellow British driver Kris Meeke, who suffered a front-right puncture on his Peugeot 207 two kilometres from the end of the stage.
Federico Villagra is the leading Argentine driver in fifth overall at the wheel of his M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000.