Stephane Sarrazin has won his second stage of Rallye Monte-Carlo but it’s Peugeot France team-mate Bryan Bouffier who continues to lead the Intercontinental Rally Challenge season opener.
Bouffier’s lead over Francois Delecour now stands at 39.7s after the French veteran failed to sparkle on the test, which featured ice on the road in places.
Freddy Loix has closed up to Delecour in third 12.1s back with Guy Wilks fourth, 8.1s down despite an intercom glitch.
Crews are now heading to Monaco where they will prepare for tonight’s four-closing stages.
Overall positions after SS9:
| Pos. | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOUFFIER Bryan/PANSERI Xavier | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 2h32m47.3s |
| 2 | DELECOUR François/SAVIGNONI Dominique | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +39.7s |
| 3 | LOIX Freddy/MICLOTTE Frederic | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +51.8s |
| 4 | WILKS Guy/PUGH Philip | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +59.9s |
| 5 | SARRAZIN Stéphane/RENUCCI Jacques-Julien | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m17.9s |
| 6 | HANNINEN Juho/MARKKULA Mikko | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +2m14.9s |
| 7 | SOLBERG Petter/PATTERSON Chris | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +3m30.2s |
| 8 | VOUILLOZ Nicolas/VEILLAS Benjamin | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +5m29.5s |
| 9 | KOPECKY Jan/STARY Petr | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +7m40.1s |
| 10 | GARDEMEISTER Toni/TUOMINEN Tomi | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +8m07.5s |
| 11 | BASSO Giandomenico/DOTTA Mitia | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +9m16.0s |
| 12 | CAFFI Alex/PEROGLIO Roberto | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +10m35.9s |
| 13 | MAURIN Julien/URAL Olivier | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +11m19.5s |
| 14 | GONON Florian/ARLETTAZ Sandra | Subaru Impreza STI | +11m46.3s |
| 15 | BURRI Michael/REY Stéphane | Citroën DS3 R3 | +19m25.4s |