Standings after SS3 Azores: Meeke continues to lead as Hanninen hits trouble on stage 4

Photo: Ricardo Nascimento

Peugeot UK driver Kris Meeke continues to lead the SATA Rallye Acores after SS3 where he took fastest time.

Meeke now leads Skoda’s Juho Hanninen by 2.8s with Peugeot drivers Bruno Magalhaes fourth and Nicolas Vouilloz fifth.

Hanninen though, is reported to have had an off on SS4 where he spun the Fabia in damp conditions, hitting a wall and losing a wheel, he is expected to… Continue reading

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Rallye Monte Carlo SS10: Meeke and Hanninen both crash out

Kris Meeke and Juho Hanninen have both retired from this year’s Monte Carlo Rally as Sebastien Ogier extends his lead.

Kris Meeke crashed quite heavily by all accounts http://blog.krismeeke.com/2009/01/kris-hanninen-out-on-ss10/ after a stunning display in the Peugeot UK 207 on his first outing in an S2000 car and debut in the IRC. He had set a fastest stage time on SS3, was as… Continue reading

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Juho Hanninen has been offered a seat in the Skoda Fabia Super 2000 for 2009

Juho Hanninen has apparently been offered a drive by Skoda Motorsport in the Fabia S2000 for the 2009 season, according to autosport.cz.

Hanninen, who won this year’s IRC Rally Russia, was testing the Skoda super 2000 recently in Austria and suffered a major accident by putting the car off into trees. It appears there was some engine management issue which caused the accident, but the problem has since been identified and sorted… Continue reading

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