Martin Prokop will take a lead of 12.1 seconds into day two of the FxPro Cyprus Rally after beating his rival M-Sport Ford Fiesta driver Nasser Al-Attiyah by 1.7s on the day-closing Lemesos Super Special Stage.
Prokop’s fastest time through the 2.45-kilometre all-asphalt test in Limassol’s main port area ended Bryan Bouffier’s sequence of stage wins, which the French driver had extended to three during his afternoon recovery.
The stage was once again held under floodlights in front of a large crowd. Crews are now heading back to the day-closing service at the permanent service park in Limassol.
After SS8:
| Pos. | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Prokop Martin / Tománek Jan | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 1h33m36.6s |
| 02 | Al Attiyah Nasser / Bernacchini Giovanni | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +12.1s |
| 03 | Feghali Roger / Matar Joseph | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +57.4s |
| 04 | Tarabus Jaromír / Trunkát Daniel | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +3m22.0s |
| 05 | Kresta Roman / Gross Petr | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +4m22.4s |
| 06 | Thomas Nicos / Loizides Angelos | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +5m22.2s |
| 07 | Tingirides Constantinos / Shialos Panayiotis | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +6m16.9s |
| 08 | Timotheou Charalambos / Laos Pambos | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | +7m14.0s |
| 09 | Almari Misfer / Arena Nicola | Subaru Impreza STI | +7m46.5s |
| 10 | Philippou Andreas / Kourtellas Costas | Subaru Impreza STI | +9m56.6s |
| 11 | Limniotis Lambros / Vassiliou Michalis | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +10m00.9s |
| 12 | Amiouni Nicolas / Duffy Killian | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +10m06.7s |
| 13 | Al Suwaidi Khalid / Beech Nick | Subaru Impreza STI | +10m15.5s |
| 14 | Loucaides Doros / Elia Stelios | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | +10m50.5s |
| 15 | Polykarpou Panikos / Laos Savvas | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +11m05.7s |