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OVERALL CLASSIFICATION<br />
01) F. Loix/F. Miclotte<br />
Skoda Fabia S2000 - 03h 08m 14.3s<br />
02) J. Kopecky/P. Stary<br />
Skoda Fabia S2000 + 37.8s<br />
03) J. Hanninen/M. Markkula<br />
Skoda Fabia S2000 + 02m 25.8s<br />
04) M. Nunes/V. Calado<br />
Peugeot 207 S2000 + 02m 42.7s<br />
05) V. Sa/N. Rodrigues<br />
Peugeot 207 S2000 + 03m 13.7s<br />
06) F. Freitas/D. Figueiroa<br />
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X + 09m 03.2s<br />
07) J. Magalhaes/J. Pereira<br />
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X + 09m 29.0s<br />
08) P. Peres/T. Ferreira<br />
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX + 10m 39.8s<br />
09) R. Moura/A. Costa<br />
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX + 11m 06.3s<br />
10) D. Bruyneel/L. Vanneste<br />
Peugeot 207 S2000 + 12m 38.9s<br />
• Leading IRC 2WD Cup fi nishers: Duarte Ramos/Luis<br />
Ramos (Peugeot 206 S1600)<br />
IRC DRIVERS’ STANDINGS<br />
01) Juho Hanninen (Finland) - 54 pts<br />
02) Jan Kopecky (Czech Republic) - 47 pts<br />
03) Bruno Magalhaes (Portugal) - 30 pts<br />
04) Guy Wilks (United Kingdom) - 25 pts<br />
05) Kris Meeke (United Kingdom) - 23 pts<br />
06) Freddy Loix (Belgium) - 20 pts<br />
07) Thierry Neuville (Belgium) - 11 pts<br />
08) Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) - 10 pts<br />
09) Andreas Mikkelsen (Norway) - 9 pts<br />
10) Paolo Andreucci (Italy) - 8 pts<br />
IRC MANUFACTURERS’ STANDINGS<br />
01) Skoda - 116 pts<br />
02) Peugeot - 79 pts<br />
03) M-Sport - 26 pts<br />
04) Ralliart - 19 pts<br />
05) Subaru - 11 pts<br />
TWO IRC WINS FROM TWO<br />
STARTS FOR FAST FREDDY<br />
Story: Staff Writer<br />
Pictures: IRC Series<br />
Freddy Loix has made it two wins<br />
from two starts in this season’s<br />
Intercontinental Rally Challenge by<br />
heading a Skoda one-two-three on<br />
Rali Vinho Madeira. Loix’s victory<br />
was his fi fth since the<br />
IRC began in 2007 and<br />
means he joins Kris<br />
Meeke at the top of<br />
the list of all-time IRC<br />
event winners.<br />
Juho Hanninen<br />
continues to lead the IRC<br />
drivers’ standings but, by<br />
fi nishing behind teammate<br />
Jan Kopecky in third,<br />
the Finn’s title advantage<br />
has now been trimmed<br />
to seven points with four<br />
rounds remaining. It was<br />
the third time this season that Skoda<br />
has fi lled all three podium places.<br />
Co-driven by fellow Belgian<br />
Frederic Miclotte, Loix didn’t put a wheel<br />
Loix didn’t<br />
put a wheel<br />
wrong<br />
throughout<br />
the event<br />
in his Fabia<br />
S2000<br />
Facelift.<br />
EVENTS<br />
wrong throughout the event in his Fabia<br />
S2000 Facelift. Following an early battle<br />
with Abarth Grande Punto driver Luca<br />
Rossetti, Loix moved into a lead he<br />
would never relinquish on stage seven.<br />
To underline his dominance he was<br />
fastest on 14 of the rally’s 21 all-asphalt<br />
stages, despite nursing an injured left<br />
shoulder, which he<br />
sustained falling off<br />
his motorbike two<br />
weeks ago.<br />
Defending<br />
IRC champion Kris<br />
Meeke started leg two<br />
in second but failed<br />
to go beyond SS17<br />
when his Peugeot UK<br />
207 S2000 suffered<br />
a terminal engine<br />
failure 2.8km into the<br />
test. Meeke had been<br />
embroiled in a close<br />
scrap with Kopecky for the runner-up<br />
spot. After dropping behind the Czech<br />
when an alternator glitch developed on<br />
SS15, Meeke hit back following rapid
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