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After SS8: Hänninen quickest again in Yalta

Bouffier 2nd, Kopecky 3rd

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3 June 2011 - 15:46

Juho Hänninen has increased his lead of the Prime Yalta Rally to 12.9s over Bryan Bouffier after going fastest on Friday’s final stage. The Finn was 5.3s quicker than Thierry Neuville with Bouffier third fastest on the 28.95-kilometre Orlinoje stage.

Hänninen’s Škoda Motorsport team-mate Jan Kopecký reported a powersteering fault on his Fabia Super 2000 and slipped back, while a puncture delayed his closest challenger Guy Wilks in a Peugeot UK 207.

Andreas Mikkelsen has climbed ahead of Wilks for fourth despite suffering a high-speed spin. Patrik Sandell was delayed by another puncture on his Škoda Sweden-backed Fabia.

Overall positions after SS8:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	1h36m48.7s
2	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+12.9s
3	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m07.5s
4	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m33.1s
5	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m49.0s
6	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5m13.2s
7	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+5m48.6s
8	Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+6m37.5s
9	Tempestini Marko / Pulpea Dorin	Peugeot 207 S2000	+7m13.7s
10	Basso Giandemenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+9m20.0s
11	Saliuk Oleksandr sen. / Chervonenko Evgen	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+10m03.3s
12	Raoux Jean-Michel / Magat Laurent	Renault Clio R3	+12m14.5s
13	Cosma Vlad / Dorca Florin	Citroën C2 R2 Max	+13m27.2s
14	Sandell Patrik / Parmander Staffan	Škoda Fabia S2000	+13m39.4s
15	Chmykh Mykola / Vilchynskyy Oleksandr	Subaru Impreza Sti	+14m04.5s