Meeke sixth in Sata Rallye Acores
The Tyrone/Kerry pair ended last evening’s three stages 12.3 seconds behind the Skoda Fabia of series leader, Juho Hanninen.
Meeke’s team-mate, Peugeot Sport Portugal driver, Bruno Magalhaes, who won the 2008 event, was quickest on the first stage — three tenths of a second ahead of the M-Sport Ford Fiesta of Andreas Mikkelsen. Hanninen was third fastest followed by his Skoda team-mate Jan Kopecky. However, Meeke had to be content with fifth — suffering from running first with his Peugeot UK backed car having to clean the loose gravel off the road.
