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SS12: Sarrazin moves into third place

News after SS12

By Franck Drui

22 January 2011 - 00:11

Stéphane Sarrazin has moved into third place on Rallye Monte-Carlo by going fastest on the penultimate stage of the centenary edition of the legendary event. The Frenchman was 3.2s faster than Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Juho Hänninen to climb from fifth to third.

It marked a reversal of fortune for the Peugeot France driver whose mechanics replaced a faulty gearbox in 15 minutes during the service halt in Monaco after the original unit got stuck in fourth gear early in stage 11.

François Delecour falls to fourth with Guy Wilks dropping to fifth after a decision to run on soft compound tyres backfired and he dropped time.

With one stage remaining, Bryan Bouffier’s overall lead stands at 44.9s over Škoda driver Freddy Loix, while Giandomenico Basso now occupies the final point-scoring position in 10th.

Overall positions after SS12

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
1	BOUFFIER Bryan/PANSERI Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	3h19m21.9s
2	LOIX Freddy/MICLOTTE Frederic	Skoda Fabia S2000	+44.9s
3	SARRAZIN Stéphane/RENUCCI Jacques-Julien	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m16.7s
4	DELECOUR François/SAVIGNONI Dominique	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m25.9s
5	WILKS Guy/PUGH Philip	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m28.6s
6	HANNINEN Juho/MARKKULA Mikko	Skoda Fabia S2000	+1m49.6s
7	SOLBERG Petter/PATTERSON Chris	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m36.4s
8	VOUILLOZ Nicolas/VEILLAS Benjamin	Skoda Fabia S2000	+5m04.8s
9	KOPECKY Jan/STARY Petr	Skoda Fabia S2000	+7m49.8s
10	BASSO Giandomenico/DOTTA Mitia	Peugeot 207 S2000	+8m55.6s
11	GARDEMEISTER Toni/TUOMINEN Tomi	Peugeot 207 S2000	+9m05.2s
12	CAFFI Alex/PEROGLIO Roberto	Skoda Fabia S2000	+12m47.6s
13	MAURIN Julien/URAL Olivier	Ford Fiesta S2000	+13m23.9s
14	GONON Florian/ARLETTAZ Sandra	Subaru Impreza STI	+15m11.9s
15	CAMPANA Pierre/DE CASTELLI Sabrina	Renault Clio R3	+23m33.6s