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20 Mar 2010 20:56

After SS8: Hänninen out in front in Argentina

Finland’s Juho Hänninen has completed the opening leg of Rally Argentina with a lead of 32.2 seconds. The factory Škoda Fabia ace, who heads the Intercontinental Rally Challenge points after two rounds, has been quickest on six of Saturday’s seven stages during a dominant performance.

Finland’s Juho Hänninen has completed the opening leg of Rally Argentina with a lead of 32.2 seconds. The factory Škoda Fabia ace, who heads the Intercontinental Rally Challenge points after two rounds, has been quickest on six of Saturday’s seven stages following a dominant performance.

Guy Wilks, in a similar Fabia, will start leg two in second place, 18.8s clear of fellow British driver Kris Meeke, who suffered a front-right puncture on his Peugeot 207 two kilometres from the end of the stage.

Federico Villagra is the leading Argentine driver in fifth overall at the wheel of his M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000.

Overall positions after SS8

1 Hänninen 1h16m55.0s
2 Wilks +32.2s
3 Meeke +51.0s
4 Kopecký +1m26.2s
5 Villagra +2m57.7s
6 Pozzo +3m11.1s

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