After SS8: Neuville leads

Loix up to third

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13 May 2011 - 18:36
After SS8: Neuville leads

Thierry Neuville rounded out day two of Tour de Corse-E.Leclerc by claiming his fifth stage victory on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.

At the wheel of a Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207, Neuville is 23.4s ahead of Škoda Motorsport ace Jan Kopecký following stage eight, which was shown live on Eurosport France and Eurosport Player.

Neuville was 1.6s faster through the test than BFO Škoda driver Freddy Loix (pictured), who moves ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen into third position in the overall classification as a result.

Crews are now returning to Corte for end of day service before they head to Ajaccio for overnight parc fermé ahead of the final day’s action on Saturday.

Standings after SS8:

Pos.DriverCarTime
1 Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas Peugeot 207 S2000 1h52m23.0s
2 Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr Škoda Fabia S2000 +23.4s
3 Loix Freddy / Miclotte Frédéric Škoda Fabia S2000 +27.7s
4 Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola Škoda Fabia S2000 +29.0s
5 Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina Peugeot 207 S2000 +52.8s
6 Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier Peugeot 207 S2000 +1m09.8s
7 Maurin Julien / Ural Olivier Ford Fiesta S2000 +2m53.5s
8 Magalhaes Bruno / Grave Paulo Peugeot 207 S2000 +3m01.9s
9 Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio Škoda Fabia S2000 +3m03.2s
10 Leandri Jean-Mathieu / Leonardi Pierre-Marien Peugeot 207 S2000 +4m08.2s
11 Sandell Patrick / Parmander Staffan Škoda Fabia S2000 +4m39.2s
12 Succi Jean-François / Vitrani Olivier Škoda Fabia S2000 +4m49.4s
13 Guglielmi Pierre-Antoine / Porcu Jean-François Renault Clio R3 +5m33.7s
14 Gonon Florian / Arlettaz Sandra Subaru Impreza Sti +6m09.4s
15 Arai Toshihiro / Moscatt Dale Subaru Impreza R4 +6m40.6s
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