Mikkelsen: Floene illness no problem

Andreas Mikkelsen says switching co-drivers for his pre-Circuit of Ireland Rally test on Monday has not affected his preparations for round three of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge this week. Juho Hanninen's co-driver Mikko Markkula accompanied Mikkelsen during the test south of Aughnacloy in Ireland after his regular navigator Ola Floene delayed his departure from his native Norway to recover from a bout of 'flu. Mikkelsen and Markkula used a 2.8-kilometre test road and covered 165 kilometres during their test, which started in wet conditions but finished in the dry

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