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SS3: Hanninen finished the day first

Magalhães takes second in Azores

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14 July 2011 - 20:34

Bruno Magalhães has moved ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen into second place on Sata Rallye Açores following the third stage of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.

The Peugeot Sport Portugal ace was third quickest through the Grupo Marques superspecial and is now 4.3s adrift of overall leader Juho Hänninen, who was fastest through the stage in his ŠKODA Motorsport Fabia in front of several thousand fans.

Mikkelsen led after stage one but lost time on the second test when his car suffered powersteering failure four kilometres from the end of the stage. He lost further ground through the tight and twisty superspecial and is 5.7s off the lead heading to the overnight halt in Ponta Delgada.

Toshi Arai spun his Subaru Impreza STI R4 on the stage and stalled his engine. He has slipped to 10th overall behind Vitor Lopes.

Overall positions after SS3

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	17m07.4s
2	Magalhaes Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4.3s
3	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+5.7s
4	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+10.6s
5	Sandell Patrik / Parmander Staffan	Škoda Fabia S2000	+20.5s
6	Moura Ricardo / Eiró Sancho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+28.1s
7	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	+29.3s
8	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+36.3s
9	Lopes Vítor / Magalhăes Hugo	Subaru Impreza Sti	+47.0s
10	Arai Toshihiro / Moscatt Dale	Subaru Impreza R4	+56.2s
11	Pascoal Vítor / Ramalho Luis	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+1m09.0s
12	Silva Sérgio / Cordeiro Nelson	Subaru Impreza Sti	+1m10.9s
13	Carmo Ricardo / Diniz Jorge	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1m16.9s
14	Nutahara Fumio / Ichino Hakaru	Subaru Impreza R4	+1m18.8s
15	Vale Pedro / Medeiros Rui	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1m26.0s