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SS4: Neuville and Kopecký equal best

Juho Hänninen remains third overall

By Franck Drui

15 April 2011 - 19:00

Thierry Neuville continues to keep the pressure on Jan Kopecký in the battle for victory on Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés after setting an identical time to the Czech on the fourth stage of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge event, the 1.5-kilometre Gran Canaria test.

It means the gap between the two remains at 0.4s in Kopecký’s favour heading to the fifth stage of the rally, the 24.57 Santa Lucia run.

Juho Hänninen remains third overall in his Škoda Fabia 2.3s adrift of Peugeot driver Neuville. Freddy Loix is fourth with Guy Wilks fifth.

Toni Gardemeister was fourth quickest on the twisty karting track stage in his Fabia and is now two seconds behind PROTON ace Giandomenico Basso in 10th overall.

Overall positions after SS4

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
Pos.	Equipage	Voiture	Temps
1	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	25m17.8s
2	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+0.4s
3	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2.7s
4	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Frédéric	Škoda Fabia S2000	+3.4s
5	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	+10.6s
6	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+18.8s
7	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+19.9s
8	Magalhaes Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+25.6s
9	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+43.6s
10	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+45.6s
11	Andersson Per Gunnar / Axelsson Emil	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+1m03.6s
12	Perez Jonathan / Velasco Enrique	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m20.3s
13	Vinyes Joan / Mercader Jordi	Suzuki Swift S1600	+1m29.9s
14	Antxustegi Gorka / Suárez Gabriel	Suzuki Swift S1600	+1m49.8s
15	Marrero Angel / Marrero Victor	Honda Civic Type R	+1m53.3s