Puncture for Hänninen in Azores

The battle for victory on Sata Rallye Açores has been turned on its head after Juho Hänninen picked up a puncture during the penultimate stage of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge round.

He has slipped to fourth in the overall standings with Jan Kopecký (pictured) taking over the lead in the second works Škoda Fabia S2000 after moving ahead of Bruno Magalhães by winning the 20.68-kilometre stage.

Overall positions after SS18

1 Jan Kopecký 2h15m11.1s
2 Bruno Magalhães +6.4s
3 Kris Meeke +1m13.9s
4 Juho Hänninen +1m32.1s
5 Andreas Mikkelsen +2m11.6s
6 Ricardo Moura +4m56.1s