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2012 Azores SATA Rally

The 2012 Sata Rally Azores, officially 47º Sata Rallye Açores, is the first round of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The 17-stage gravel rally will take place on the island of São Miguel in the Azores between 23–25 February 2012.

The rally will be based in the major city of Ponta Delgada. Day one will consist of three stages covering a total of 22.56 km (14.02 mi). Day two will cover a total of 95.05 km (59.06 mi) over nine stages with the remaining five stages, covering 87.48 km (54.36 mi) completed on day three.

2011 Results

Juho Hänninen won his third IRC rally of the season, having led the rally for most of the running, before Andreas Mikkelsen made a late charge for the lead. Hänninen held an advantage into the final day and after Mikkelsen took the lead for a period, Hänninen regained the lead for the final time. His victory gave him the championship lead by four points ahead of Bryan Bouffier. Bouffier finished the rally in fourth position, behind Mikkelsen and Jan Kopecký.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:19:03.8	0.0	25
2.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:19:46.1	42.3	18
3.	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:20:49.8	1:46.0	15
4.	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:22:40.0	3:36.2	12
5.	Patrik Sandell	Staffan Parmander	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:23:37.1	4:33.3	10
6.	Ricardo Moura	Sancho Eiró	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:25:10.8	6:07.0	8
7.	Vítor Lopes	Hugo Magalhães	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:28:55.9	9:52.1	6
8.	Vítor Pascoal	Luis Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:31:51.1	12:47.3	4
9.	Sérgio Silva	Nelson Cordeiro	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:33:04.1	14:00.3	2
10.	Paulo Maciel	Filipe Gouveira	Citroën Saxo VTS	2:37:14.5	18:10.7	1

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