Emilia Romagna GP || May 19 || 15h00 (Local time)

SS3: Loix second, Hänninen grows lead

As Solberg closes in on the podium

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19 January 2011 - 15:22

Škoda Motorsport’s Juho Hänninen has extended his lead of Rallye Monte-Carlo to 45.2 seconds after claiming his second stage win of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.

Freddy Loix, who has won more IRC events than any other driver, has moved into second place ahead of Peugeot France’s Stéphane Sarrazin, who lost time on the 25.22-kilometre St Bonnet Le Froid stage when his intercom failed approximately halfway through the run.

Crews are now heading to service in Lalouvesc before the St Bonnet Le Froid stage is repeated at 16:17hrs local time.

Overall positions after SS3

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
1	HANNINEN Juho/MARKKULA Mikko	Skoda Fabia S2000	58m55.5s
2	LOIX Freddy/MICLOTTE Frederic	Skoda Fabia S2000	+45.2s
3	SARRAZIN Stéphane//RENUCCI Jacques-Julien	Peugeot 207 S2000	+47.4s
4	SOLBERG Petter/PATTERSON Chris	Peugeot 207 S2000	+50.8s
5	WILKS Guy/PUGH Philip	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m04.5s
6	BOUFFIER Bryan/PANSERI Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m13.4s
7	KOPECKY Jan/STARY Petr	Skoda Fabia S2000	+1m17.9s
8	DELECOUR François/SAVIGNONI Dominique	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m31.3s
9	MAGALHAES Bruno/GRAVE Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m01.4s
10	VIGION Jean-Sébastien/YVERNAULT Eric	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m42.7s
11	MAURIN Julien/URAL Olivier	Ford Fiesta S2000	+3m02.2s
12	BASSO Giandomenico/DOTTA Mitia	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m26.4s
13	BETTI Luca/MATTIODA Alessandro	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m58.1s
14	VOUILLOZ Nicolas/VEILLAS Benjamin	Skoda Fabia S2000	+4m41.8s
15	GARDEMEISTER Toni/TUOMINEN Tomi	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5m16.5s