Guy Wilks has won the opening stage Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés, round two of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Driving a Peugeot UK 207 Super 2000 the English driver completed the tight and twisty Gran Karting Club circuit in a time of 1m23.2s in front of huge numbers of spectators.
Juho Hänninen, the defending IRC champion, was second in his Škoda Fabia S2000 with Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg’s Thierry Neuville third.
PG Andersson reported losing five seconds when he suffered a half spin in his PROTON Satria Neo S2000. Andreas Mikkelsen also spun.
Overall positions after SS1
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 1m23.2s |
| 2 | Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +0.5s |
| 3 | Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +0.8s |
| 4 | Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1.1s |
| 5 | Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +1.2s |
| 6 | Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +1.3s |
| 7 | Magalhaes Bruno / Grave Paulo | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1.9s |
| 8 | Loix Freddy / Miclotte Frédéric | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +2.2s |
| 9 | Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +2.5s |
| 10 | Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | +3.3s |
| 11 | Vinyes Joan / Mercader Jordi | Suzuki Swift S1600 | +4.1s |
| 12 | Perez Jonathan / Velasco Enrique | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +4.3s |
| 13 | Settembrini Massimiliano / Bonato Corrado | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +4.5s |
| 14 | Lemes Yeray / Peńate Rogelio | Honda Civic VTi | +5.8s |
| 15 | Andersson Per Gunnar / Axelsson Emil | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | +6.1s |