Stéphane Sarrazin’s bid to land a podium finish on Rallye Monte-Carlo has suffered a setback after his Peugeot 207 became stuck in fourth gear on stage 11 of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.
The Peugeot France driver was 28.3s slower than surprise stage winner Giandomenico Basso and has dropped back to fifth behind Peugeot UK’s Guy Wilks as a result.
Bryan Bouffier continues to lead overall in another 207 with a margin of 47.7s over Freddy Loix, while Wilks is now within 5.9s of François Delecour. Basso, meanwhile, is 8.6s adrift of tenth-placed Toni Gardemeister and the final IRC drivers’ championship point point.
Overall positions after SS11
| Pos. | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOUFFIER Bryan/PANSERI Xavier | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 3h02m47.5s |
| 2 | LOIX Freddy/MICLOTTE Frederic | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +47.7s |
| 3 | DELECOUR François/SAVIGNONI Dominique | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m22.2s |
| 4 | WILKS Guy/PUGH Philip | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m28.1s |
| 5 | SARRAZIN Stéphane/RENUCCI Jacques-Julien | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m42.3s |
| 6 | HANNINEN Juho/MARKKULA Mikko | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +2m12.0s |
| 7 | SOLBERG Petter/PATTERSON Chris | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +3m45.2s |
| 8 | VOUILLOZ Nicolas/VEILLAS Benjamin | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +5m23.7s |
| 9 | KOPECKY Jan/STARY Petr | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +7m57.2s |
| 10 | GARDEMEISTER Toni/TUOMINEN Tomi | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +9m01.8s |
| 11 | BASSO Giandomenico/DOTTA Mitia | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +9m10.4s |
| 12 | CAFFI Alex/PEROGLIO Roberto | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +12m17.4s |
| 13 | MAURIN Julien/URAL Olivier | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +12m48.9s |
| 14 | GONON Florian/ARLETTAZ Sandra | Subaru Impreza STI | +14m13.4s |
| 15 | BURRI Michael/REY Stéphane | Citroën DS3 R3 | +22m32.5s |