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Kopecky leads, Loix storms to first stage best

News after SS9

By Franck Drui

28 August 2010 - 17:53

Freddy Loix has become the fifth different driver to win a stage on Barum Czech Rally Zlín by topping the times through Saturday’s final stage, the repeat of the 29.09-kilometre Troják test.

Driving a Škoda Motorsport Fabia S2000 Facelift, the Belgian was 6.8 seconds faster than team-mate Jan Kopecký.

Loix’s speed through the rain-hit stage means he moves into second place overall, 28.2s behind Czech hero Kopecký heading into day two. Bryan Bouffier, who survived a minor off, is third with Intercontinental Rally Challenge title-leader Juho Hänninen fourth and defending IRC champion Kris Meeke fifth.

Crews are now heading back to Otrokovice for end of day service.

Overall positions after SS9:

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
01	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	1h22m12.7s
02	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Fréderic	Škoda Fabia S2000	+28.2s
03	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+28.5s
04	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	+35.2s
05	Meeke Kris / Nagle Paul	Peugeot 207 S2000	+49.7s
06	Pech Václav / Uhel Petr	Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX	+1m44.3s
07	Valoušek Pavel / Hrůza Zdeněk	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m55.2s
08	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Ford Fiesta S2000	+2m09.6s
09	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2m52.5s
10	Odložilík Roman / Tureček Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+3m25.0s
11	Kostka Tomáš / Houšť Vít	Škoda Fabia S2000	+3m34.4s
12	Orsák Jaroslav / Vajík Karel	Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX	+3m39.5s
13	Wittmann Franz / Wicha Klaus	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4m22.5s
14	Tarabus Jaromír / Trunkát Daniel	Ford Fiesta S2000	+4m28.2s
15	Tlusťák Antonín / Škaloud Jan	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5m13.0s