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Prokop increases Cyprus lead

Going fastest on SS9

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6 November 2010 - 08:46

Martin Prokop has extended his overall lead of the FxPro Cyprus Rally to 23.2 seconds after beating rival and fellow M-Sport Ford Fiesta driver Nasser Al-Attiyah on Saturday’s opening stage, the all-asphalt 12.76-kilometre Alassa test.

The Czech’s soft-compound tyre choice proved better suited to the asphalt roads although he fears he might lose ground on the next two stages, which feature significant gravel sections.

Conversely, Al-Attiyah said he was expecting to lose ground on the Tarmac stage through his harder compound tyre choice in the hope he would make up for any time loss on the next two runs.

Prokop was 3.4s faster than French Peugeot 207 driver Bryan Bouffier.

Škoda driver Roger Feghali was third quickest.

After SS9:

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
01	Prokop Martin / Tománek Jan	Ford Fiesta S2000	1h42m16.6s
02	Al Attiyah Nasser / Bernacchini Giovanni	Ford Fiesta S2000	+23.2s
03	Feghali Roger / Matar Joseph	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m02.7s
04	Tarabus Jaromír / Trunkát Daniel	Ford Fiesta S2000	+3m35.9s
05	Kresta Roman / Gross Petr	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+5m02.9s
06	Thomas Nicos / Loizides Angelos	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5m44.5s
07	Tingirides Constantinos / Shialos Panayiotis	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+6m41.9s
08	Timotheou Charalambos / Laos Pambos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+7m49.2s
09	Almari Misfer / Arena Nicola	Subaru Impreza STI	+8m42.4s
10	Philippou Andreas / Kourtellas Costas	Subaru Impreza STI	+10m52.1s
11	Al Suwaidi Khalid / Beech Nick	Subaru Impreza STI	+10m54.9s
12	Amiouni Nicolas / Duffy Killian	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+10m59.0s
13	Loucaides Doros / Elia Stelios	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	+11m39.1s
14	Polykarpou Panikos / Laos Savvas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+12m03.1s
15	Savva Savvas / Papandreou Andreas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+12m43.4s