The next round of the IRC will be the Rally Principe de Asturias based around Oviedo in Northern Spain and the capital of the Region of Asturias.

The Rally Principe de Asturias is round eight of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) and will see Peugeot UK’s Kris Meeke go head-to-head again with Skoda’s Jan Kopecky.

With a three point lead in the IRC driver’s standings over Kopecky, the name of the game for Peugeot UK’s Kris Meeke is to secure as many points as possible.  The twisty nature of the Spanish roads should suit the Peugeot UK crew and their Peugeot 207 S2000, but they will face stiff competition from the other S2000 regulars.

The rally starts today at 20:30 (local time) with the ceremonial start. Then the crews will contest over the next two days a further fifteen all-asphalt stages with a total stage distance of 253.72 km, before the rally ends on Saturday 12th September.

For Information and Results:
http://www.rallyprincipe.com
www.ircseries.com
www.peugeot.co.uk

Driver’s Standings

1  Kris Meeke Peugeot        207 S2000                          42 pts
2 Jan Kopecky Skoda         Fabia S2000                       39 pts
3 Giandomenico Basso       Abarth Grande Punto S2000 27 pts
4 Freddy Loix Peugeot        207 S2000                          27 pts
5 Juho Hanninen Peugeot    207 S2000                         20 pts

Manufacturer’s Standings

1 Peugeot                 95 pts
2 Skoda                    59 pts
3 Mitsubishi (Ralliart) 42 pts
4 Abarth                   34 pts
5 Proton                    5 pts

You can also follow the day to day progress of Peugeot UK and Kris Meeke via the team’s Twitter link at www.twitter.com/peugeotrally.