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Juho Hanninen takes early Rally Azores lead for Skoda

Juho Hanninen leads Rally Azores by 4.3 seconds over local favourite Bruno Magalhaes after the three stages that opened the event this evening

Skoda UK's Andreas Mikkelsen had set the early pace, before a power steering failure near the end of of SS2, let factory Skoda driver and reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Hanninen move ahead.

The Finn then extended that advantage on the leg-closing Grupo Marques superspecial, as Mikkelsen slipped to third behind Magalhaes (Peugeot Portugal).

Jan Kopecky (Skoda) and Patrik Sandell (Skoda Sweden) are fourth and fifth.

Monte Carlo winner Bryan Bouffier lost time running first on the road this evening and is 36.3s off the road in his ROMO Peugeot.

Peugeot UK's Guy Wilks dropped time on SS2 to get a better Friday road position and currently sits seventh, 29.3s behind Hanninen.

Leading positions after SS3:

Pos  Driver             Team/Car              Time/Gap
 1.  Juho Hanninen      Skoda                 17m07.4s
 2.  Bruno Magalhaes    Peugeot Portugal        + 4.3s
 3.  Andreas Mikkelsen  Skoda UK                + 5.7s
 4.  Jan Kopecky        Skoda                  + 10.6s
 5.  Patrik Sandell     Skoda Sweden           + 20.5s
 6.  Ricardo Moura      Mitsubishi (private)   + 28.1s
 7.  Guy Wilks          Peugeot UK (Kronos)    + 29.3s
 8.  Bryan Bouffier     ROMO Peugeot           + 36.3s
 9.  Vitor Lopes        Subaru (private)       + 47.0s
10.  Toshi Arai         Arai Subaru            + 56.2s

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