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Kopecký leads, Bouffier slips

News after SS3

By Franck Drui

28 August 2010 - 11:13

Works Škoda Motorsport driver Jan Kopecký has maintained his advantage at the top of the Barum Czech Rally Zlín leaderboard following stage three, the 14.95-kilometre Zádveøice test. But there was frustration for Bryan Bouffier who slipped from third to ninth when he went off the road.

Kopecký, the 2009 event winner, was 1.2s faster through the stage than Intercontinental Rally Challenge leader Juho Hänninen. Kris Meeke was third quickest to reclaim the final podium spot in his Peugeot UK 207.

Bouffier had started the stage in third but lost approximately 15 seconds when he went off the road into a field. Fortunately his Peugeot 207 S2000 didn’t sustain any damage and he was able to finish the stage.

Guy Wilks and Andreas Mikkelsen also spun with Wilks telling Rally Radio that he also struck a deer that wandered into the path of his Fabia.

Overall positions after SS3:

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
01	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	20m07.3s
02	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	+6.2s
03	Meeke Kris / Nagle Paul	Peugeot 207 S2000	+10.3s
04	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Fréderic	Škoda Fabia S2000	+11.7s
05	Pech Václav / Uhel Petr	Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX	+17.1s
06	Kresta Roman / Gross Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+21.8s
07	Neuville Thierry / Klinger Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+23.2s
08	Valoušek Pavel / Hrůza Zdeněk	Škoda Fabia S2000	+23.4s
09	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+23.9s
10	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Ford Fiesta S2000	+35.0s
11	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Škoda Fabia S2000	+36.6s
12	Kostka Tomáš / Houšť Vít	Škoda Fabia S2000	+39.5s
13	Orsák Jaroslav / Vajík Karel	Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX	+49.1s
14	Wittmann Franz / Wicha Klaus	Peugeot 207 S2000	+50.6s
15	Tarabus Jaromír / Trunkát Daniel	Ford Fiesta S2000	+58.2s