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Andreas Mikkelsen pulls away from Juho Hanninen in Azores

Andreas Mikkelsen extended his lead over Juho Hanninen during the first four stages on day two of Rally Azores

There was little to choose between the two Skoda drivers until Hanninen had a quick spin near the end of SS5, losing 10 seconds.

Mikkelsen then stretched his advantage on the next stage, and although Hanninen won SS7, he only took a tenth of a second off the reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion. The gap between them now stands at 15.4s.

Bryan Bouffier looks set for third spot in his Peugeot as his sparring partner Bruno Magalhaes rolled his 207 into retirement on SS6.

Leading positions after SS7:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car               Time/Gap
 1.  Andreas Mikkelsen   Skoda UK             1h00m14.4s
 2.  Juho Hanninen       Skoda                   + 15.4s
 3.  Bryan Bouffier      Peugeot               + 1m07.5s
 4.  Sepp Wiegand        Skoda Deutschland     + 3m12.1s
 5.  Hermann Gassner Jr  Red Bull Skoda        + 3m13.4s
 6.  Ricardo Moura       Mitsubishi            + 4m20.3s
 7.  Oleksandr Salyuk    Iurii Chemezov Ford   + 5m51.0s
 8.  Sergio Silva        Subaru                + 7m36.7s
 9.  Ruben Rodrigues     Mitsubishi            + 9m11.2s
10.  Rui Lousado         Subaru                + 9m18.0s

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