Subscribe

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe

Corsica ERC: Jan Kopecky takes overnight lead from Bryan Bouffier

Jan Kopecky became the Tour of Corsica's fourth leader in six stages as he overhauled Bryan Bouffier to end day one on top

Bouffier had emerged in the lead after Craig Breen's mistake and Robert Kubica's mechanical problems.

But the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally winner's choice of soft tyres for the leg-concluding Erbajolo stage proved incorrect as the rain cleared faster than he expected.

That meant Kopecky's works Skoda came through 7.4 seconds faster than Bouffier's Peugeot, giving the European Rally Championship points leader a 3.6s overnight lead.

Craig Breen also went for softs and was second quickest, a mere 0.1s down on Kopecky.

That means he will go into Saturday's decisive five stages 39.8s off the lead.

Stephane Sarrazin is 15s behind Breen in his Mini.

Leading positions after SS6:

Pos  Driver                Team/Car             Time/Gap
 1.  Jan Kopecky           Skoda              1h28m49.0s
 2.  Bryan Bouffier        Delta Peugeot          + 3.6s
 3.  Craig Breen           Sainteloc Peugeot     + 39.8s
 4.  Stephane Sarrazin     First Mini            + 54.0s
 5.  Francois Delecour     Kronos Peugeot      + 1m59.0s
 6.  Julien Maurin         Ford                + 2m08.6s
 7.  Jean-Marc Manzagol    Delta Peugeot       + 3m42.6s
 8.  Jean-Mathieu Leandri  Sainteloc Peugeot   + 4m20.6s
 9.  Andreas Aigner        Stohl Subaru        + 4m30.4s
10.  Germain Bonnefis      Renault             + 4m34.9s

Be part of the Autosport community

Join the conversation
Previous article Corsica ERC: Kubica takes lead after Breen mistake
Next article Corsica ERC: Bouffier leads into final two stages

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe