The Norwegian wins Rally Sata Acores Portugal in a battle with Juho Hanninen.
Andreas Mikkelsen won SS 10 with 1.7 seconds faster than Juho Hanninen.
Bryan Bouffier spin in stage 10.
Comments on SS 10:
A.Mikkelsen: “This was a nice stage, such a pleasure to drive, it’s fantastic. But we have to keep the pressure on and not relax. When you relax it goes very much slower so we try to keep a good pace.”
J. Hanninen: “I really tried. It was slippery a few times and I lost the line but I couldn’t do much better. I will try to keep the pressure on him.”
Sepp Wiegand (Skoda Fabia): “In some parts it was very loose and the car was too much oversteer so I lost a bit of time.”
Andreas Mikkelsen is again the stage winner in stage 11.
Juho Hanninen used hard compound tyres that caused some delay caused by the warm weather.
Bryan Bouffier is third in the stage after Hanninen.
SS 12 the super special stage new wins for Andreas Mikkelsen while Hanninen is again second.
SS 13 with ten stages wins for Mikkelsen. Andreas is without competition in Acores.
G. Hermann: “I hit something in the right rear and the car is not driving straight any more.”
The final stage 14 of Rally Sata Acores Portugal is winning by Juho Hanninen as Mikkelsen drive safety with 2.3 seconds delay.
Overall Results:
1. A. Mikelsen (Skoda Fabia S2000) 2:12:43.2
2. J. Hanninen (Skoda Fabia S2000) +25.1
3. B. Bouffier (Peugeot 207 S2000) + 2:04.8
4. S.Wiegand (Skoda Fabia S2000) +05:20.3
5. H. Gassner (Skoda Fabia S2000) +06:23.9
6. R. Moura (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) +08:43.5