SS6: Mikkelsen maintains top spot

Fastest time for Neuville and Mikkelsen

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23 September 2011 - 18:25

ŠKODA UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen will take a lead of 4.5s into the evening regroup in Sanremo after sharing the fastest time with Thierry Neuville through the second running of the 10.59-kilometre Bignone stage.

BFO-ŠKODA’s Freddy Loix remains in second overall on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier but his advantage over Neuville, in a Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207, has been trimmed to 0.9s.

Peugeot Sport Portugal’s Bruno Magalhães has retaken sixth place from Italian Umberto Scandola in an M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000.

Crews are now heading to Sanremo for a three-hour regroup prior to a 30-minute service. Friday’s action draws to a close with a 44-kilometre Ronde stage, which will get underway at 22:33hrs and will run under the cover of darkness.

Overall positions after SS6

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	48m09.5s
2	Loix Freddy / Miclotte F.	Škoda Fabia S2000	+4.5s
3	Neuville T. / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5.4s
4	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+12.2s
5	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+20.5s
6	Magalhães Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+21.4s
7	Scandola Umberto / D’Amore Guido	Ford Fiesta S2000	+24.3s
8	Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m04.2s
9	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+1m07.7s
10	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m24.5s
11	Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m42.4s
12	Perico Alessandro / Carrara Fabrizio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m59.0s
13	Hotz Grégoire / Ravasi Pietro	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m28.1s
14	Medici Davide / De Luis Daniele	Renault Clio S1600	+2m52.5s
15	Albertini Stefano / Scattolin Simone	Renault Clio R3	+2m58.5s