Hänninen to go first on day one

Juho Hänninen will run first on day one of the Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally. The ŠKODA Motorsport driver heads the field due to his FIA Priority seeding.

He will be followed through Friday’s five stages by Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Andreas Mikkelsen and Jan Kopecký. All three will drive ŠKODA Fabia Super 2000s.

Craig Breen goes fourth in his Peugeot 207 S2000 with Alastair Fisher fifth in his M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000.

Sepp Wiegand will run sixth with Robert Barrable seventh and Garry Jennings eighth. Mathieu Arzeno and Donagh Kelly complete the top 10.

The opening stage, the 1.8-kilometre Titanic Super Special Stage goes live at 17:00hrs local time.