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SS15: Superspecial joy for Mikkelsen

10.9s behind Hanninen

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16 July 2011 - 15:31

Andreas Mikkelsen is refusing to give up on his bid to win Sata Rallye Açores by going fastest on the Grupo Marques spectator superspecial at the wheel of his ŠKODA UK Motorsport. The Norwegian’s performance means he has trimmed Juho Hänninen’s overall lead to 10.9s with two stages of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier remaining.

Ricardo Moura, the leader of the IRC Production Cup category, impressed with the fourth fastest time in his Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer. The multiple Azorean champion was 1.1s slower than ŠKODA Sweden driver Patrik Sandell, who was third fastest.

Crews are now heading back to service in Ponta Delgada. Stage 16, Graminhais, gets underway at 15:26hrs local time.

Overall positions after SS15

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	1h44m09.9s
2	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+10.9s
3	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m19.9s
4	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m13.7s
5	Sandell Patrik / Parmander Staffan	Škoda Fabia S2000	+4m24.8s
6	Moura Ricardo / Eiró Sancho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+4m46.4s
7	Lopes Vítor / Magalhăes Hugo	Subaru Impreza Sti	+7m29.3s
8	Pascoal Vítor / Ramalho Luis	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+9m04.0s
9	Silva Sérgio / Cordeiro Nelson	Subaru Impreza Sti	+10m23.3s
10	Maciel Paulo / Gouveira Filipe	Citroën Saxo VTS	+13m29.3s
11	Raoux Jean-Michel / Mazotti Francis	Renault Clio R3	+15m04.1s
12	Nutahara Fumio / Ichino Hakaru	Subaru Impreza R4	+15m22.1s
13	Costa Carlos / Nunes Fernando	Citroën C2 R2	+17m16.6s
14	Paula José / Ribeiro Miguel	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+24m24.0s
15	Carmo Ricardo / Diniz Jorge	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+24m47.4s