Bouffier to open the road in Scotland

Peugeot France driver Bryan Bouffier will start first on the road on the opening two stages of RACMSA Rally of Scotland, round 10 of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, tonight (Friday).

The Rallye Monte-Carlo winner, who is co-driven by Xavier Panseri, will leave the start at Stirling Castle at 19:00hrs local time tonight (Friday) in his 207 Super 2000.

Jan Kopecký, the IRC title leader, will go second in his ŠKODA Motorsport Fabia with Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg’s Thierry Neuville third on the road. Crews will run in two-minute gaps.

The opening stage, Carron Valley 1, covers a distance of 8.36 kilometres and gets underway at 19:45hrs. Rally of Scotland will enjoy extensive coverage on Eurosport and Eurosport Player.

Top 10 starting positions:

1 Bryan Bouffier/Xavier Panseri (Peugeot 207 S2000)
2 Jan Kopecký/Petr Starý (ŠKODA Fabia S2000)
3 Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul (Peugeot 207 S2000)
4 Juho Hänninen/Mikko Markkula (ŠKODA Fabia S2000)
5 Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (ŠKODA Fabia S2000)
6 Guy Wilks/Phil Pugh (Peugeot 207 S2000)
7 PG Andersson/Emil Axelsson (PROTON Satria Neo S2000)
8 Alister McRae/Bill Hayes (PROTON Satria Neo S2000)
9 Toshi Arai/Dale Moscatt (Subaru Impreza R4 STI)
10 David Bogie/Kevin Rae (Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX)