Bogie to run first on the road on Saturday

David Bogie will start first on the road on the second day of RACMSA Rally of Scotland, the penultimate round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

The British and Scottish champion, driving a Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX, goes first under a reverse seeding rule. He will be followed through the stages today by Toshi Arai in a Subaru Impreza R4 STI with Scottish hero Alister McRae next up in his PROTON Motorsports Satria Neo Super 2000.

PG Andersson runs fourth on the road in his PROTON with Guy Wilks, the rally leader, fifth in his Peugeot UK 207. Andreas Mikkelsen goes sixth for ŠKODA UK Motorsport.

Last year’s Rally of Scotland winner Juho Hänninen is seventh on the road with Thierry Neuville eighth for Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg.

Jan Kopecký, the IRC title leader goes ninth with Bryan Bouffier 10th on the road for Peugeot France.

The top 10 drivers will run in two-minute intervals. The remaining crews will run in intervals of one minute.

Top 10 starting positions:

1 David Bogie/Kevin Rae (Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX)
2 Toshi Arai/Dale Moscatt (Subaru Impreza R4 STI)
3 Alister McRae/Bill Hayes (PROTON Satria Neo S2000)
4 PG Andersson/Emil Axelsson (PROTON Satria Neo S2000)
5 Guy Wilks/Phil Pugh (Peugeot 207 S2000)
6 Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (ŠKODA Fabia S2000)
7 Juho Hänninen/Mikko Markkula (ŠKODA Fabia S2000)
8 Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul (Peugeot 207 S2000)
9 Jan Kopecký/Petr Starý (ŠKODA Fabia S2000)
10 Bryan Bouffier/Xavier Panseri (Peugeot 207 S2000)