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Basso leads after the opening day in Sanremo

News after SS6

By Franck Drui

25 September 2010 - 00:34

Giandomenico Basso has snatched the lead of Rallye Sanremo after going a sensational 15.5s faster than any of his rivals through the 44-kilometre Ronde stage.

Driving an Abarth Grande Punto with slick tyres for the drying conditions, Basso climbed from fourth to first following his first stage win of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier. He starts day two 5.2s ahead of Paolo Andreucci, who opted for intermediate rubber for the gruelling stage.

Luca Rossetti was second fastest on the stage and moves into third overall. Kris Meeke spun his Peugeot 207 and dropped 25s but remains ahead of Juho Hanninen, the driver most likely to follow in his footsteps by becoming IRC champion.

Overall standings after SS6:

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
01	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Fiat Grande Punto S2000	1h15m50.6s
02	Andreucci Paolo / Andreussi Anna	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5.2s
03	Rossetti Luca / Chiarcossi Matteo	Fiat Grande Punto S2000	+17.5s
04	Meeke Kris / Nagle Paul	Peugeot 207 S2000	+46.9s
05	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	+49.1s
06	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+56.4s
07	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Fréderic	Škoda Fabia S2000	+58.2s
08	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m28.2s
09	Cunico Gianfranco / Pollet Rudy	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m33.3s
10	Perico Alessandro / Carrara Fabrizio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m33.8s
11	Magalhaes Bruno / Magalhaes Carlos	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m37.5s
12	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m51.0s
13	Longhi Piero / Baggio Lucio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m52.5s
14	Neuville Thierry / Klinger Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m04.4s
15	Travaglia Renato / Granai Lorenzo	Fiat Grande Punto S2000	+2m11.1s