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Maiden stage win for Mikkelsen

Hanninen in the lead

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15 July 2010 - 20:33

Juho Hänninen will take a slender lead into the second day of Sata Rallye Açores after demoting Portugal’s Bruno Magalhães with a faster time through the Grupo Marques superspecial.

Škoda Motorsport driver Hänninen, the current Intercontinental Rally Challenge leader, is 0.2s in front of Peugeot Sport Portugal’s Magalhães after Thursday’s first three stages with Andreas Mikkelsen third, equal on time with Magalhães, in his M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000.

Mikkelsen, from Norway, rounded out an impressive first day with the fastest time through the two-kilometre stage.

Overall standings after SS3:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	18m35.8s
02	Magalhaes Bruno / Magalhaes Carlos	Peugeot 207 S2000	+0.2s
03	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Ford Fiesta S2000	+0.2s
04	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+5.5s
05	Sousa Bernardo / Silva Nuno	Ford Fiesta S2000	+11.3s
06	Meeke Kris / Nagle Paul	Peugeot 207 S2000	+12.3s
07	Peres Pedro / Ferreira Tiago	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+46.6s
08	Pascoal Vítor / Castro Mário	Peugeot 207 S2000	+47.4s
09	Moura Ricardo / Eiró Sancho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+49.7s
10	Vale Pedro / Medeiros Rui	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	+1m20.1s
11	Silva Sérgio / Leal Paulo	Subaru Impreza STI	+1m20.6s
12	Meireles Pedro / Henriques Jorge	Subaru Impreza STI	+1m22.3s
13	Torres Rui / Martins Marco	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1m44.5s
14	Maciel Paulo / Gouveia Filipe	Citroën Saxo VTS	+2m06.3s
15	Costa Carlos / Azevedo Tiago	Citroën C2 R2	+2m14.2s