Thierry Neuville has extended his lead of the Prime Yalta Rally to 6.9s over Guy Wilks after winning Friday’s opening stage, the 17.26-kilometre Ai Petri test.
He was 4.2s faster than his closest rival, his fellow Peugeot 207 Super 2000 driver Bryan Bouffier, who moves into third place.
Juho Hänninen, who is vowing to make up for the 10-second time penalty handed to him yesterday, was third fastest in his Škoda Motorsport Fabia to move from 11th to sixth in the overall standings.
Overall positions after SS3:
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 16m46.4s |
| 2 | Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +6.9s |
| 3 | Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +7.7s |
| 4 | Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +12.0s |
| 5 | Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +13.8s |
| 6 | Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +17.3s |
| 7 | Sandell Patrick / Parmander Staffan | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +22.7s |
| 8 | Basso Giandemenico / Dotta Mitia | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | +23.3s |
| 9 | Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +26.2s |
| 10 | Andersson Per Gunnar / Axelsson Emil | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | +37.3s |
| 11 | Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +41.5s |
| 12 | Tempestini Marko / Pulpea Dorin | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +54.2s |
| 13 | Tamrazov Oleksii / German Ivan | Ford Fiesta 2000 | +1m12.0s |
| 14 | Cherain Cedric / Pirotte Cedric | Renault Mégane RS | +1m22.8s |
| 15 | Gorban Valeriy / Chernega Vadim | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +1m27.5s |