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SS8: Bouffier up to third on Ypres Rally

New stage win for Loix

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25 June 2011 - 12:27

Bryan Bouffier has moved into third place on the GEKO Ypres Rally following Saturday’s second test, the 12.33-kilometre Watou stage. The Peugeot France 207 Super 2000 driver is now 3.3s clear of Pieter Tsjoen with one stage of Saturday’s opening loop remaining.

Freddy Loix was fastest through the stage in his ŠKODA Motorsport Fabia Super 2000 and leads Guy Wilks in the overall standings by 40.9s, despite admitting his intermediate tyres were not ideally suited to the drying asphalt roads.

Wilks, who is using cut soft-compound slick tyres on his Peugeot UK 207, said the mud being inadvertently dragged onto the road by leader Loix meant his tyres were not proving as affected for the largely dry stage. “It’s dry but still very slippery,” said Wilks.

Overall positions after SS8:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Fréderic	Škoda Fabia S2000	1h06m41.8s
2	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	+40.9s
3	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m24.1s
4	Tsjoen Pieter / Vanneste Lara	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m27.4s
5	Weijs Hans / Degandt Bjorn	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2m00.2s
6	Casier Bernd / Caesemaeker Francis	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2m12.7s
7	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2m21.1s
8	Snijers Patrick / Gitsels Johan	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	+2m36.7s
9	Sołowow Michal / Baran Maciej	Ford Fiesta S2000	+2m53.3s
10	Rossetti Luca / Chiarcossi Matteo	Fiat Grande Punto S2000	+2m57.3s
11	Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+3m08.3s
12	Betti Luca / Barone Maurizio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m10.1s
13	Ten Brinke Bernhard / Thierie Davy	Škoda Fabia S2000	+3m54.8s
14	Van Eldik Mark / Buysmans Robin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+4m07.3s
15	Abbring Kevin / Mombaerts Erwin	Citroën DS3 R3T	+4m10.5s