ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000 driver Andreas Mikkelsen leads the Cyprus Rally after Leg 1, and will be crowned Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers’ champion if he finishes in that position tomorrow afternoon.
If Andreas Mikkelsen wins the Cyprus Rally this weekend he’ll be crowned Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers’ champion, as the title showdown has become a winner takes all battle, after Juho Hänninen (who could have finished 3rd and still won the title) crashed within sight of the start of SS2.
A relaxed Andreas Mikkelsen has taken the lead in the Cyprus Rally – the Intercontinental Rally Challenge title showdown – after setting the fastest time around the streets of Pafos in his ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000.
ŠKODA drivers start this weekend’s Cyprus Rally in the strongest position to add the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Drivers’ title to the Manufacturers’ title already won, when Andreas Mikkelsen (ŠKODA UK Motorsport), Jan Kopecký and Juho Hänninen (ŠKODA Motorsport) and Freddy Loix (BFO ŠKODA Rally Team) head to the final round of the series in a quartet of Fabia S2000s.
The Cyprus Golden Stage Rally – which Andreas Mikkelsen won last year – will be shown live on television around the world when it takes place for a second time on Sunday 6 November.
ŠKODA Rally Team Italia ace Andreas Mikkelsen will enter the Rally Conca d’Oro in Sicily from October 28/29 aiming to clinch the coveted Italian Gravel Trophy (TRT) title in his ŠKODA Fabia Super 2000 car managed and prepared by Pierfrancesco Zanchi’s team.
A magnificent performance on the RACMSA Rally of Scotland has given ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000 driver Andreas Mikkelsen his maiden victory in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and given ŠKODA a hat-trick of wins on the event. At 22-years and 109 days old, Andreas becomes the youngest winner of an IRC event.
With just two short final stages in the grounds of Scone Palace remaining, Andreas Mikkelsen leads the RACMSA Rally of Scotland by 30.4 seconds – after the completion of all wet and slippery forestry stages in Perthshire and Stirlingshire.
Andreas Mikkelsen remains in control of the penultimate round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the RACMSA Rally of Scotland, in his ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000, having successfully completed Sunday morning’s loop of three stages.
Andreas Mikkelsen leads the penultimate round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the RACMSA Rally of Scotland, at the end of Day 1 by 50.7 seconds, after a masterful display of driving through the wet and muddy Perthshire forests in his ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000.
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