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SS1: Wilks wins kart track stage

Andersson reported losing five seconds when he suffered a half spin

By Franck Drui

15 April 2011 - 15:26

Guy Wilks has won the opening stage Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés, round two of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Driving a Peugeot UK 207 Super 2000 the English driver completed the tight and twisty Gran Karting Club circuit in a time of 1m23.2s in front of huge numbers of spectators.

Juho Hänninen, the defending IRC champion, was second in his Škoda Fabia S2000 with Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg’s Thierry Neuville third.

PG Andersson reported losing five seconds when he suffered a half spin in his PROTON Satria Neo S2000. Andreas Mikkelsen also spun.

Overall positions after SS1

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	1m23.2s
2	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	+0.5s
3	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+0.8s
4	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1.1s
5	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1.2s
6	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1.3s
7	Magalhaes Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1.9s
8	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Frédéric	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2.2s
9	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2.5s
10	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+3.3s
11	Vinyes Joan / Mercader Jordi	Suzuki Swift S1600	+4.1s
12	Perez Jonathan / Velasco Enrique	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4.3s
13	Settembrini Massimiliano / Bonato Corrado	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4.5s
14	Lemes Yeray / Peńate Rogelio	Honda Civic VTi	+5.8s
15	Andersson Per Gunnar / Axelsson Emil	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+6.1s