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SS11: Sarrazin in trouble as Basso flies

News after SS11

By Franck Drui

21 January 2011 - 20:46

Stéphane Sarrazin’s bid to land a podium finish on Rallye Monte-Carlo has suffered a setback after his Peugeot 207 became stuck in fourth gear on stage 11 of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.

The Peugeot France driver was 28.3s slower than surprise stage winner Giandomenico Basso and has dropped back to fifth behind Peugeot UK’s Guy Wilks as a result.

Bryan Bouffier continues to lead overall in another 207 with a margin of 47.7s over Freddy Loix, while Wilks is now within 5.9s of François Delecour. Basso, meanwhile, is 8.6s adrift of tenth-placed Toni Gardemeister and the final IRC drivers’ championship point point.

Overall positions after SS11

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
1	BOUFFIER Bryan/PANSERI Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	3h02m47.5s
2	LOIX Freddy/MICLOTTE Frederic	Skoda Fabia S2000	+47.7s
3	DELECOUR François/SAVIGNONI Dominique	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m22.2s
4	WILKS Guy/PUGH Philip	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m28.1s
5	SARRAZIN Stéphane/RENUCCI Jacques-Julien	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m42.3s
6	HANNINEN Juho/MARKKULA Mikko	Skoda Fabia S2000	+2m12.0s
7	SOLBERG Petter/PATTERSON Chris	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m45.2s
8	VOUILLOZ Nicolas/VEILLAS Benjamin	Skoda Fabia S2000	+5m23.7s
9	KOPECKY Jan/STARY Petr	Skoda Fabia S2000	+7m57.2s
10	GARDEMEISTER Toni/TUOMINEN Tomi	Peugeot 207 S2000	+9m01.8s
11	BASSO Giandomenico/DOTTA Mitia	Peugeot 207 S2000	+9m10.4s
12	CAFFI Alex/PEROGLIO Roberto	Skoda Fabia S2000	+12m17.4s
13	MAURIN Julien/URAL Olivier	Ford Fiesta S2000	+12m48.9s
14	GONON Florian/ARLETTAZ Sandra	Subaru Impreza STI	+14m13.4s
15	BURRI Michael/REY Stéphane	Citroën DS3 R3	+22m32.5s