SS4: Neuville and Kopecký equal best

Thierry Neuville continues to keep the pressure on Jan Kopecký in the battle for victory on Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés after setting an identical time to the Czech on the fourth stage of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge event, the 1.5-kilometre Gran Canaria test.

It means the gap between the two remains at 0.4s in Kopecký’s favour heading to the fifth stage of the rally, the 24.57 Santa Lucia run.

Juho Hänninen remains third overall in his Škoda Fabia 2.3s adrift of Peugeot driver Neuville. Freddy Loix is fourth with Guy Wilks fifth.

Toni Gardemeister was fourth quickest on the twisty karting track stage in his Fabia and is now two seconds behind PROTON ace Giandomenico Basso in 10th overall.

Overall positions after SS4