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News after SS8

By Franck Drui

25 September 2010 - 10:41

Paolo Andreucci continues to lead Rallye Sanremo but his advantage over Giandomenico Basso has been slashed to nine-tenths of a second following the 29.03-kilometre Teglia stage.

Luca Rossetti, in an Abarth Grande Punto, was fastest on the stage, defeating Intercontinental Rally Challenge title leader Juho Hänninen by 4.2s. The Škoda Motorsport driver remains in fourth overall, 13 seconds behind Rossetti.

Frenchman Bryan Bouffier has dropped out of fifth place after losing more than three minutes with a puncture. His misfortune has promoted Peugeot UK’s Kris Meeke into fifth with Freddy Loix taking over sixth place.

Jan Kopecký lost ground with a slow front-left puncture in his Fabia.

Crews are now returning to service in Sanremo. Stage nine, the 1.73-kilometre Bajardo test, which will be shown live on RAI Sport, gets underway at 13:00hrs local time.

Overall positions after SS8:

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
01	Andreucci Paolo / Andreussi Anna	Peugeot 207 S2000	1h57m55.1s
02	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Fiat Grande Punto S2000	+0.9s
03	Rossetti Luca / Chiarcossi Matteo	Fiat Grande Punto S2000	+15.5s
04	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	+28.5s
05	Meeke Kris / Nagle Paul	Peugeot 207 S2000	+49.1s
06	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Fréderic	Škoda Fabia S2000	+58.4s
07	Cunico Gianfranco / Pollet Rudy	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m03.6s
08	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2m05.3s
09	Neuville Thierry / Klinger Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m24.9s
10	Magalhaes Bruno / Magalhaes Carlos	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m32.7s
11	Travaglia Renato / Granai Lorenzo	Fiat Grande Punto S2000	+2m54.2s
12	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m54.2s
13	Pisi Alessio / Pollicino Marco	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4m01.1s
14	Navarra Andrea / Geninatti Vanda	Ford Fiesta S2000	+5m40.3s
15	Perico Alessandro / Carrara Fabrizio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5m41.1s