Freddy Loix will take a lead of 5.8s over Kris Meeke into the second day of the Geko Ypres Rally, round six of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The veteran Belgian, known affectionately as ‘Fast Freddy’, more than lived up to his name by going fastest on four of the day’s six stages in his factory Škoda Fabia.
Jan Kopecký is still third in his works Škoda Fabia but is now 16.3s adrift of Meeke. Thierry Neuville heads a trio of Belgian drivers in fourth with Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen seventh in his M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000.
Overall positions after SS6:
1) Freddy Loix 54m33.6s
2) Kris Meeke +5.8s
3) Jan Kopecký +22.1s
4) Thierry Neuville +45.7s
5) Pieter Tsjoen +1m10.5s
6) Bernd Casier +1m37.6s
7) Andreas Mikkelsen +1m58.2s
8) Patrick Snijers +2m07.2s
– Credit: www.ircseries.com
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