Freddy Loix takes the Rally Sanremo leader position after a perfect night stage. He took 7.2 seconds by the night stage of Andreas Mikkelsen and takes the overall lead after day 1. Freddy said that the stages are very difficult in day 1 but in spite that he lead of +2.7 seconds ahead Mikkelsen. Third position for Thiery Neuville at +16.6 sec forth is Bryan Bouffier at +17.8 sec. The overall championship leader Jan Kopecy is fifth at +34.2 who said: It was sliding, I was losing speed. I hope to push more tomorrow, I'm not happy with our pace today.

Many problems reporting for the rest top drivers. Pierre Campana had a rear right puncture fifteen kilometers before the finish and he lost a lot of time. Toni Gardemeister also has a puncture while the Proton driver Basso first lost the intercom and after that out of the road. Karl Kruda also out of the road during the night stage.

For tomorrow in the next six stages the battle for the leader position continue between Loix and Mikkelsen.

Source: RallyPulse.com