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SS7: Neuville back to second in Canarias

One stage remaining before the completion of day one

By Franck Drui

15 April 2011 - 23:45

Jan Kopecký has claimed his fourth stage victory on Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés as Thierry Neuville moved back into second overall on round two of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Škoda Motorsport driver Kopecký now leads by 5.7s with Freddy Loix slipping to fourth behind defending IRC champion Juho Hänninen following the event’s first night stage.

Peugeot UK’s Guy Wilks also lost time on the stage and has fallen to seventh behind Andreas Mikkelsen and IRC points’ leader Bryan Bouffier.

There is now just one stage remaining before the completion of day one, the 23.07-kilometre Tejeda test, which is due to begin at 22:49hrs local time.

Overall positions after SS7

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	55m56.3s
2	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5.7s
3	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	+8.6s
4	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Frédéric	Škoda Fabia S2000	+9.0s
5	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+37.6s
6	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+38.6s
7	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	+40.7s
8	Magalhaes Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m03.8s
9	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+1m31.7s
10	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m40.3s
11	Perez Jonathan / Velasco Enrique	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m51.5s
12	Vinyes Joan / Mercader Jordi	Suzuki Swift S1600	+3m19.1s
13	Antxustegi Gorka / Suárez Gabriel	Suzuki Swift S1600	+4m11.9s
14	Settembrini Massimiliano / Bonato Corrado	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4m12.6s
15	Marrero Angel / Marrero Victor	Honda Civic Type R	+4m16.7s