Mikko Hirvonen, the 78th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo result, the opening round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge abbreviated IRC rally, after the action a dramatic start to the second day in the Haute Loire region of France.
Mikko Hirvonen in Fiesta S2000
The Finn, who for the first time with the new M-Sport Fiesta S2000 in competition starts, leading the overall standings with 47.7 seconds with the six stages ahead of Thursday. Juho Hanninen is the second for the Skoda Motorsport team with Sebastien Ogier in the battle for fifth place last night at the third in a Peugeot 207 S2000.
Mikko Hirvonen in Fiesta S2000
While Hirvonen closer to a debut victory comes IRC, was last years champion Kris Meeke left the battle early, crashed one kilometer from the start after the first stage of the day. The Brit parked his car in a right turn on a sheet of ice with understeer and he swerved from a bank, where he beach with his Peugeot 207.
Although the weather was remarkably tame at the first stage of Wednesday, ice and snow-strewn first two phases of the days. The majority of the leading crews chose to use so-called studs in the hope that they would provide sufficient grip on the treacherous road conditions and can withstand. Meeke, chose to start with half studs in the hope that she would give him an advantage would deliver remainder of the day, largely free of ice and snow.
Mikko Hirvonen in Fiesta S2000
