Bryan Bouffier (Peugeot) has stormed through the first of the four night stages to wrap-up the IRC Monte Carlo Rally 2011. He has a commanding lead of over 48sec over the rest of the field, but the reigning French Rally Champion is looking supremely confident in his Peugeot 207 S2000.
Freddy Loix (Skoda) has moved up to second place, demoting Francois Delecour (Peugeot). Stephane Sarrazin (Peugeot) has also leapfrogged Guy Wilks (Peugeot), setting up an intense battle for the remainder of the evening loop.
Overall Classification after SS10:
01) B. Bouffier (Peugeot) – 02hr 49m 16,8s
02) F. Loix (Skoda) + 48,1s
03) F. Delecour (Peugeot) + 59,0s
04) S. Sarrazin (Peugeot) + 01m 16,5s
05) G. Wilks (Peugeot) + 01m 18,1s
06) J. Hanninen (Skoda) + 02m 11,6s
07) P. Solberg (Peugeot) + 03m 34,2s
08) N. Vouilloz (Peugeot) + 05m 24,8s
09) J. Kopecky (Peugeot) + 07m 46,6s
10) T. Gardemeister (Peugeot) + 08m 34,3s