Thierry Neuville has moved back to the top of the Tour de Corse-E.Leclerc leaderboard after Bryan Bouffier suffered a puncture on stage five, the 15.28-kilometre Taverna Pont de Castirla test.
Bouffier lost one minute after picking up a left-rear puncture on his Peugeot France 207 Super 2000 close to the start of the stage.
Neuville’s lead is now 15.8s over Škoda Motorsport driver Jan Kopecký after the Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg won the test.
“It’s going well, the feeling is going well, the splits okay, everything is good even the tyres,” said Neuville.
Andreas Mikkelsen has climbed into third place in his Škoda UK Fabia.
Standings after SS5:
Pos. | Driver | Car | Time |
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1 | Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 1h12m19.6s |
2 | Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +15.8s |
3 | Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +18.5s |
4 | Loix Freddy / Miclotte Frédéric | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +23.4s |
5 | Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +38.6s |
6 | Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m00.4s |
7 | Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +2m05.0s |
8 | Maurin Julien / Ural Olivier | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +2m07.1s |
9 | Magalhaes Bruno / Grave Paulo | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +2m09.7s |
10 | Leandri Jean-Mathieu / Leonardi Pierre-Marien | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +2m58.2s |
11 | Succi Jean-François / Vitrani Olivier | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +3m23.9s |
12 | Sandell Patrick / Parmander Staffan | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +3m26.1s |
13 | Guglielmi Pierre-Antoine / Porcu Jean-François | Renault Clio R3 | +4m01.9s |
14 | Gonon Florian / Arlettaz Sandra | Subaru Impreza Sti | +4m43.0s |
15 | Arai Toshihiro / Moscatt Dale | Subaru Impreza R4 | +4m56.0s |