Hanninen praises Rally of Scotland
"It was an incredible event and really nice stages"
Rally of Scotland winner Juho Hanninen has led praise for the penultimate round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
The Skoda-driving Finn completed the recce for the event last year, but only got to drive the famous Scottish stages for the first time last week.
“They are fantastic roads,” said the winner. “It was an incredible event and really nice stages. I really enjoyed them. In places, it was like being in Finland, they were fast and wide and really good.”
Peugeot’s Kris Meeke said the road through Loch Ard forest remained his favourite to drive anywhere in the world.
“It’s just an unbelievable stage,” said the outoing IRC champion, who finished third in Scotland. “It’s just as good as I remember. You know, when you have just three or four junctions in about 30 kilometres, that’s going to make for a really special stage: and Loch Ard really was it. Once again, the organisers put on a top-class event.”