Juho Hanninen win Circuit of Ireland 2012. The finland was the fastest in a serious competition with the 2011 champion Andreas Mikkelsen. Finally Hanninen win with 44.2 seconds difference by Mikkelsen. In the day two in the morning sections was wet while in the afternoon almost dry.
In SS 3 Sepp Wiegand has a puncture that does not allow him to battle for the positions after the top 3 drivers. In the same stage Craig Breen had problems with fuel pump but as overall finished well.
As overall Mikkelsen made couple of mistakes in the rally. In stage 8 he missed junction and back to lose 7.4 seconds in the stage by Hanninen.
Mikkelsen won stage 9 as he comments that have “a big crazy moment” in the stage.
In Stage 12 Andreas Mikkelsen hit a bale that cause him 40 seconds delay in the shortest stage of 1.03 km only. As overall Mikkelsen keep the second place.
Jan Kopecky has no chance to catch up the both leaders with much slower speed.
Results:
1. J. Hinninen 1:58:21.8
2. A. Mikkelsen +44.2
3. J. Kopecky +1:39.5
4. M. Arzeno +4:01.6
5. C. Breen +4:53.8
6. R. Barrable +5:14.5