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SS4: First stage win for Škoda’s Loix

Hanninen ends day one on top

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19 January 2011 - 17:17

Freddy Loix has rounded out the opening day of Rallye Monte-Carlo with his first stage win of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge season-opener.

The Belgian was 0.7s faster than defending IRC champion and Škoda Motorsport team-mate Juho Hänninen through the second run of the St Bonnet Le Froid stage.

As a result Hänninen’s overall lead has been trimmed slightly to 44.5s.

Petter Solberg, who was third fastest on the stage, has moved into third overall ahead of Peugeot France team-mate Stéphane Sarrazin.

French champion Bryan Bouffier has slipped out of the top six to seventh, one place ahead of former Rallye Monte-Carlo winner François Delecour.

Overall positions after SS4

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
1	HANNINEN Juho/MARKKULA Mikko	Skoda Fabia S2000	1h11m33.4s
2	LOIX Freddy/MICLOTTE Frederic	Skoda Fabia S2000	+44.5s
3	SOLBERG Petter/PATTERSON Chris	Peugeot 207 S2000	+55.3s
4	SARRAZIN Stéphane//RENUCCI Jacques-Julien	Peugeot 207 S2000	+55.5s
5	WILKS Guy/PUGH Philip	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m18.7s
6	KOPECKY Jan/STARY Petr	Skoda Fabia S2000	+1m26.3s
7	BOUFFIER Bryan/PANSERI Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m36.2s
8	DELECOUR François/SAVIGNONI Dominique	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m52.4s
9	VIGION Jean-Sébastien/YVERNAULT Eric	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m11.3s
10	MAURIN Julien/URAL Olivier	Ford Fiesta S2000	+3m53.2s
11	BETTI Luca/MATTIODA Alessandro	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4m54.3s
12	VOUILLOZ Nicolas/VEILLAS Benjamin	Skoda Fabia S2000	+5m07.9s
13	GARDEMEISTER Toni/TUOMINEN Tomi	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5m42.0s
14	CAFFI Alex/PEROGLIO Roberto	Skoda Fabia S2000	+6m29.2s
15	BASSO Giandomenico/DOTTA Mitia	Peugeot 207 S2000	+6m47.0s