Juho Hänninen and Mikko Markkula, Finnish drivers of ŠKODA Motorsport had a disappointing start and an even more disappointing finish in their ŠKODA Fabia Super 2000 at the Madeira Rally at this year's European Championships. The duo had to contend with an electricity defect in the last stage which dropped the team to seventh position. Despite these odds the two managed to get back into lead at the top of European Championships.
During the last stage of the race, Hänninen & Markkula were in third position. They could easily have reached a podium finish had electricity failure not struck during Leg 1 and Leg 2. This caused distress to the team but had not caused much damage to spirits as they are yet in top position in European Championships. The electric problems resulted in time loss while a further loss of 50 seconds in State 3 was caused due to double tyre defects.
Despite these difficulties which caused loss of time and distress to the two racers they continued with their standings winning nine stages in total. Bruno Magalhaes of Portugal was the final winner of the Maderia Rally while Vitor Sa of Portugal came in seconds.
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