Hänninen heads field on final day in Yalta

Juho Hänninen and co-driver Mikko Markkula will start first on the road on the final day of the Prime Yalta Rally, round four of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

The Finns will run at the head of the field in their Škoda Motorsport Fabia Super 2000 as rally leaders and will be followed by second-placed pair Bryan Bouffier and Xavier Panseri in a Peugeot France 207 S2000.

Giandomenico Basso is the highest-placed PROTON driver on Saturday’s start list in 10th position.

The top starters will run in intervals of two minutes. The remaining drivers will be separated by one-minute gaps.

The top 10 starting positions for day three are as follows:

1 Juho Hänninen/Mikko Markkula (Škoda Fabia S2000)
2 Bryan Bouffier/Xavier Panseri (Peugeot 207 S2000)
3 Jan Kopecký/Petr Starý (Škoda Fabia S2000)
4 Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (Škoda Fabia S2000)
5 Guy Wilks/Phil Pugh (Peugeot 207 S2000)
6 Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul (Peugeot 207 S2000)
7 Toni Gardemeister/Tapio Suominen (Škoda Fabia S2000)
8 Karl Kruuda/Martin Järveoja (Škoda Fabia S2000)
9 Marco Tempestini/Dorin Pulpea (Peugeot 207 S2000)
10 Giandomenico Basso/Mitia Dotta (PROTON Satria Neo S2000)