Corsican driver Jean-Mathieu Leandri will lead the field through Tour de Corse-E.Leclerc’s final six stages today.
With the top 10 overnight positions reversed to determine the starting order for day three, Leandri has the honour of opening the road in his privateer Peugeot 207 Super 2000.
He will be followed by Toni Gardemeister in his TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia S2000 with Peugeot Sport Portugal’s Bruno Magalhães next up. They are among 37 competitors still running on the demanding asphalt rally.
Rally leader Thierry Neuville is 10th on the road in his Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207, one place behind factory Škoda driver Jan Kopecký.
The third day of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier totals 138.44 competitive kilometers and is the longest of the event so far. Three stages will be shown live on Eurosport, including the rally-closing Sarrola-Plage du Liamone stage, which is due to get underway at 20:10hrs local time.
The top 10 starting positions are as follows:
1 Jean-Mathieu Leandri/Pierre-Marien Leonardi (Peugeot 207 S2000)
2 Toni Gardemeister/Tapio Suominen (Škoda Fabia S2000)
3 Bruno Magalhães/Paulo Grave (Peugeot 207 S2000)
4 Julien Maurin/Olivier Ural (M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000)
5 Bryan Bouffier/Xavier Panseri (Peugeot 207 S2000)
6 Pierre Campana/Sabrina de Castelli (Peugeot 207 S2000)
7 Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (Škoda Fabia S2000)
8 Freddy Loix/Frédéric Miclotte (Škoda Fabia S2000)
9 Jan Kopecký/Petr Starý (Škoda Fabia S2000)
10 Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul (Peugeot 207 S2000)