Brice Tirabassi out of Istanbulrally on stage 8, Sola up to second as Vouilloz has engine woes at end of Day One

Tirabassi suffered two punctures on SS8 and decided to retire but will be back tomorrow under Super Rally rules. Rosetti continues to lead by 41.2 secs ahead of Vouilloz who moved up to second on SS7. Abarth drivers not having a good day as Alen losses 30 seconds with a puncture and Basso has puncture too. Dani Sola moves up to second with fastest time on SS8 and 9 as Vouilloz experiences engine problems and slips to third. Kopecky has had gearbox problems today.

Day One results

http://mmcr.vysledky-rally.cz/rallysport/2008/erc/turkey/6.php

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