Rali Vinho da Madeira 2012 starts with minimal interest by foreign drivers. There are three drivers different than the local stars. The Portugal Rally consists of 19 stages in two days in island Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean. The three foreign drivers are Juho Hanninen, Luca Betti and Rok Turk. Hanninen win the first stage but on the second stage lost the leader position by Bruno Magalhaes who finally win Rali Vinho da Madeira 2012. The ERC season 2012 is one of the weakest seasons ever without competition by the drivers.
Hanninen lost the battle with Bruno Magalhaes who takes the lead after SS 2 and the only one who can battle with him is the local Vitor Sa and both with Peugeot 207 S2000.
Final Results:
1. B. Magalhaes 2:39:41.8
2. V. Sa +12.6
3. J. Magalhaes +4:39.3
4. R. Moura +6:42.7
5. M. Nunes +8:30.5
6. D. Ramos +8:56.3
Juho Hanninen remain in seventh position, as on the last special stage he lost his third position due too technical problem.

As the expectations Juho Hanninen win Bosphorus Rally. He do not pushes to win the rally. At the start Hanninen has not competitors. In the European Rally Championship officially finished 20 rally drivers.

Overall results:
1. J. Hanninen 2:29:50.8
2. Y. Avci +1:28.9
3. L. Rossetti +2:33.1
4. E. Kazaz +6:45.7
5. M. Solowow +7:56.3
6. V. Isik +9:17.0

In Rally Bosphorus there are five foreign drivers only. One of them is Juho Hanninen who takes the rally lead by the second stage and probably will finished first. The other foreign drivers are Tlustak, Stratiev, Al-Kuwari and Solowow. There are 14 stages in three days rally. The first day finished after two stages. In the second day there are not changes as Juho Hanninen (Skoda Fabia S2000) continue to lead but not in big difference with the second Avci Yagiz with Ford Fiesta S2000.
Results after SS 5:
1. J. Hanninen 48:37.5
2. A. Yagiz +12.7
3. V. Isik +49.4
4. L. Rosseti +1:24.8
5. E. Kazaz +2:15.2
Currently there are 28 drivers in the rally in sunny and hot weather near Istanbul.

In Rally Croatia 2012 this year there is only one who lead all the time and win 12 stages by all 16. This is Juho Hanninen who finished first with 25.2 seconds advantage to Hermann Gassner. The rest 4 stages win H. Gassner.
Final Results:
1. J. Hanninen 2:17:21.8
2. H. Gassner +25.2
3. L. Betti +2:27.8
4. M. Solowow + 5:54.1
5. J. Sebalj + 6:25.5
6. F. Parli + 12:45.3

In Croatia the best lady team is the Bulgarian star Ekaterina Stratieva finished at 12th position at + 25:58.6 with his Citroen C2 R2 Max. In the rally finished 19 teams.
Next ERC rally is Rally Bulgaria on 8-10 June 2012

He win the next 3 stages first of them SS 8 with 2.4 seconds to Gassner. Hanninen win stage 9 and 10 Preluk 2 16.26 km Hanninen win with the minimal 0.9 seconds to Gassner in stage 10 and 3.7 seconds in stage 9.

Results after the end of day 2:
1. J. Hanninen 1:17:12.9
2. H. Gassner +17.1
3. L. Betti +1:21.8
4. M. Solowow +3:37.8
5. A. Tlustak +3:47.9
6. R. Turk +3:48.8

In the last day of the rally tomorrow there are 6 stages to go.
 

Dimitar Iliev has a problem with the gearbox in stage 6. Currently he is out of the rally.
H. Gassner win stage 7, Platak 2 16.5 km followed by J. Hanninen at +2.6 seconds.
Results after SS 7:
1. J. Hanninen 53:38.6
2. H. Gassner +10.1
3. L. Betti +43.4
4. R. Turk +2:26.5
5. M. Solowow +2:38.9
6. A. Tlustak +2:48.3

The day 2 of Rally Croatia 2012 begin with 16.5 km stage Platak 1. There are no changes in the overall standing, as the stage result for the first 4 is the same in the overall standing. Hanninen continue to lead as takes 4 seconds to Gassner in a sunny and warm weather in Croatia. The first local star Juraj Sebalj is sixth overall with Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX.
There are not changes in stage 6 Lokve 1 with a distance of 12.8 km. Hanninen win the stage followed by Gassner at +1.1 second. The best Bulgarian Rally driver Dimitar Iliev with Skoda Fabia S2000 is 4th overall.
Results after SS 6:
1. J. Hanninen 43:52.9
2. H. Gassner +12.7
3. L. Betti +31.4
4. D. Iliev +1:07.8
5. R. Turk +1:56.8
6. J. Sebalj +2:19.6
 

In the last stage for day 1 in Croatia the winner is again Juho Hanninen followed by H. Gassner at +1.3 seconds.
Resulst after the end of day 1, SS 4:
1. J. Hanninen 27:01.6
2. H. Gassner +7.6
3. L. Betti +17.1
4. D. Iliev +39.7
5. R. Turk +56.5
6. J. Sebalj +1:10.8
There are 6 stages for tomorrow as the start is at 12:06 CET.