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SS12: Neuville grabs Sanremo lead

Three drivers in contention for victory

By Franck Drui

24 September 2011 - 16:52

Thierry Neuville has snatched the lead of Rallye Sanremo after winning the penultimate stage, the 18.80-kilometre Passo Teglia test in his Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207 Super 2000.

Neuville completed the run in a time of 13m33.1s, which was 2.2s faster than the identical time set by Bryan Bouffier and former leader Andreas Mikkelsen.

With one stage left to run, Neuville’s overall gap ahead of ŠKODA UK Motorsport’s Mikkelsen is a mere 0.3s. Bouffier, in a Peugeot France 207, is still firmly in contention for victory and will start the stage 9.3s adrift of top spot.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	2h09m36.5s
2	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+0.3s
3	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+9.3s
4	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+51.0s
5	Magalhães Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m14.3s
6	Perico Alessandro / Carrara Fabrizio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m32.0s
7	Scandola Umberto / D’Amore Guido	Ford Fiesta S2000	+3m47.5s
8	Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4m05.1s
9	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+5m06.6s
10	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+7m03.7s
11	Hotz Grégoire / Ravasi Pietro	Peugeot 207 S2000	+7m16.5s
12	Medici Davide / De Luis Daniele	Renault Clio S1600	+7m56.6s
13	Albertini Stefano / Scattolin Simone	Renault Clio R3	+8m36.9s
14	Guglielmi Pierre Antoine / Porcu Jean François	Renault Clio R3	+8m51.3s
15	Vescovi Roberto / Guzzi Giancarla	Citroën DS3 R3T	+8m51.3s