Evgeny Novikov has gone fastest on Pre-event shakedown.

Photo: D.Darrall

Because Monte Carlo in an Asphalt event, pre-event shakedown stays the same as 2011. Its only on gravel events that shakedown will be used as the new Qualifying stages. Although Shakedown doesn’t show the true pace, its the first time in 2012 that we see the drivers compare times, some in new machinery such as the like of Solberg & Hirvonen.

Shakedown Results:
1,Novikov
2. Araujo
3.Loeb
4.P.Solberg
5.Neuville
6.Latvala
7.Hirvonen
8.Sordo
9.Tanak
10.Ogier