Juho Hänninen will start Saturday’s eight stages of Barum Czech Rally Zlín in first position on the road.
The Finn, at the wheel of a Škoda Fabia Super 2000 Facelift, will be followed two minutes later by Peugeot 207 S2000 driver Kris Meeke, the reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion.
Local driver Václav Pech will be third away from service in Otrokovice in his Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX with Corrado Fontana, the last of the four FIA B seeded drivers, next to start the Biskupice stage, which is back on the event schedule for the first time in six years.
Rally leader Jan Kopecký is fifth on the road.
Top 10 IRC starting positions for leg one, section two
1 Juho Hänninen (Škoda Fabia S2000)
2 Kris Meeke (Peugeot 207 S2000)
3 Václav Pech (Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX)
4 Corrado Fontana (Peugeot 207 S2000)
5 Jan Kopecký (Škoda Fabia S2000)
6 Bryan Bouffier (Peugeot 207 S2000)
7 Freddy Loix (Škoda Fabia S2000)
8 Andreas Mikkelsen (M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000)
9 Guy Wilks (Škoda Fabia S2000)
10 Pavel Valoušek (Škoda Fabia S2000)