Dani Sordo ended the opening stage of the 2012 Rallye de France in third place - 1.3 seconds off the lead. Chris Atkinson is in tenth, just 4.2 seconds off the lead. Romain Dumas in his WRC debut placed fourteenth, only 5.4 seconds behind. Paulo Nobre finished the stage in 23rd and local French favorite Yvan Muller came in 26th, according to a thorough report at
MINI Motorsport.
