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Hänninen extends Azores lead

After Grupo Marques Superspecial

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17 July 2010 - 16:16

Juho Hänninen has extended his lead of Sata Rallye Açores to 19.9s over Bruno Magalhães after winning the Grupo Marques superspecial.

Going up against Škoda Motorsport team-mate Jan Kopecký in a head to head battle, the Finn was 1.2s faster than Andreas Mikkelsen, who is nursing his damaged M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000 following his collision with a cow on stage 14.

Crews are heading back to service in Ponta Delgada before the final three stages of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.

Overall positions after SS16:

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
01	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	1h55m02.8s
02	Magalhaes Bruno / Magalhaes Carlos	Peugeot 207 S2000	+19.9s
03	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+22.3s
04	Meeke Kris / Nagle Paul	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m13.3s
05	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Ford Fiesta S2000	+1m23.1s
06	Sousa Bernardo / Silva Nuno	Ford Fiesta S2000	+2m27.3s
07	Moura Ricardo / Eiró Sancho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+4m17.1s
08	Vale Pedro / Medeiros Rui	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	+8m13.2s
09	Peres Pedro / Ferreira Tiago	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+8m51.9s
10	Silva Sérgio / Leal Paulo	Subaru Impreza STI	+9m03.3s
11	Pascoal Vítor / Castro Mário	Peugeot 207 S2000	+10m57.7s
12	Carmo Ricardo / Reis Justino	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+11m39.7s
13	Torres Rui / Martins Marco	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+12m02.6s
14	Rego Paulo / Carreiro Abel	Subaru Impreza STI	+12m32.5s
15	Maciel Paulo / Gouveia Filipe	Citroën Saxo VTS	+13m45.2s