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Latest World Rally Championship standings

Marcus Gronholm saw his lead in the 2007 FIA World Rally drivers' championship cut following the event in Corsica this weekend.

With Sebastien Loeb taking the victory and Gronholm 'only' finishing second, the Finn's cushion is reduced from 6 points to 4. Mikko Hirvonen stays third, while Daniel Sordo consolidates fourth, further increasing the gap between himself and Petter Solberg.

In the Manufacturers' championship there is no change at the top - although the BP Ford WRT does see its lead over Citroen reduced from 39 points to 32.

As for the Junior Rally Championship, Per-Gunnar Andersson takes the title - 5 points ahead of Urmo Aava, who was level on points going into this weekend's event, but who failed to score after crashing out on day 2.


World Rally Drivers' Championship (after 13 of 16 rounds):

1. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 104 points M
2. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 100 points M
3. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 74 points M
4. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 45 points M
5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 38 points M
6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 29 points M
7. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 28 points M
8. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 24 points M
9. Francois Duval OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC 12 points M
10. Toni Gardemeister Astra-PH Sport Citroen Xsara WRC 10 points
= Jan Kopecky Czech RT-Skoda Fabia WRC 10 points
12. Daniel Carlsson OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC 9 points M
= Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC 9 points M
14. Gigi Galli Aimont Citroen Xsara WRC 5 points
15. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 4 points
16. Urmo Aava Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 3 points
17. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 1 point
= Juho Hanninen MMSP Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 1 point
= Mads Ostberg Adapt Subaru Impreza WRC 1 point


World Rally Manufacturers' Championship (after 13 of 16 rounds):

1. BP Ford WRT 179 points
2. Citroen Total WRT 147 points
3. Subaru WRT 71 points
4. Stobart M-Sport Ford RT 64 points
5 OMV Kronos Citroen WRT 39 points
6. Munchi's Ford WRT 6 points


Junior Rally Championship (for drivers) (after 7 of 7 rounds):

1. P-G Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 43 points
2. Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 38 points
3. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 34 points
4. Jozef Beres Renault Clio S1600 26 points
5. Jaan Molder Suzuki Swift S1600 20 points
6. Patrik Sandell Renault Clio R3 19 points
7. Aaron Burkart Citroen C2 18 points
8. Conrad Rautenbach Citroen C2 S1600 16 points
9. Yoan Bonato Citroen C2 R2 10 points
10. Andrea Cortinovis Renault Clio 9 points
11. Kalle Pinomaki Renault Clio R3 8 points
12. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 6 points
13. Tapio Suominen Suzuki Swift S1600 4 points
= Vilius Rozukas Suzuki Swift S1600 4 points
= Arnaud Augoyard Renault Clio R3 4 points
16. Trond Svenkerud Ford Fiesta ST 3 points
= Shaun Gallager Citroen C2 R2 3 points
= Manuel Rueda Renault Clio R3 3 points
19. Bryan Bouffier Citroen C2 R2 2 points
= Alessandro Bettega Ford Fiesta Super 1600 2 points
21. Aigar Pars Suzuki Swift S1600 1 point


Production Car World Rally Championship (for drivers) (after 5 of 8 rounds):

1. Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza 39 points
2. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 15 points
3. Kristian Sohlberg Subaru Impreza WRX 12 points
= Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 12 points
5. Mirco Baldacci Subaru Impreza 11 points
= Niall McShea Subaru Impreza 11 points
7. Oscar Svedlund Subaru Impreza WRX 10 points
= Federico Villagra Mitsubishi 10 points
= Andreas Aigner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 points
= Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 points
11. Anton Alen Subaru Impreza 8 points
= Juho Hanninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 points
= Araujo Armindo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 points
14. Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza 6 points
= Richard Mason Subaru Impreza 6 points
16. Travis Pastrana Subaru Impreza 4 points
= Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Evo 4 points
18. Stepan Vojtech Mitsubishi Lancer 3 points
19. Martin Rauam Mitsubishi Lancer 2 point
20. Fabio Frisiero Mitsubishi Lancer 1 point
= Spyros Pavlides Subaru Impreza 1 point
= Simone Campedelli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 1 point


Note: Rallye de France-Tour de Corse did not count towards the Production Car World Rally Championship.