Rossetti hits back in IRC thriller

Luca Rossetti has proved he won’t give up on victory on Rali Vinho Madeira without a fight after winning the 11th stage of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.

Rossetti, driving an Abarth Grande Punto, is now 7.1s behind Loix.

Jan Kopecký has closed to within four-tenths of a second of third-placed Kris Meeke.

Overall positions after SS11

1 Freddy Loix 1h37m45.6s
2 Luca Rossetti +7.1s
3 Kris Meeke +18.8s
4 Jan Kopecký +19.2s
5 Juho Hänninen +44.0s
6 Miguel Nunes +1m19.9s
7 Vítor Sá +1m40.5s
8 Rui Pinto +4m53.1s