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Rally Japan: SS4

SS4 - Rikubetsu 1 (2.73km): Sordo fastest through SS4; Hirvonen second; Petter Solberg third; Latvala fourth; Loeb fifth; Henning Solberg sixth; Gronholm went off the road and lost around a minute - retired from leg in service A; Flodin heads the PWRC category; Latvala leads the overall event by 5secs.


Stage times and overall standings after SS4.

Top ten stage times for SS4:

1. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 2mins 05.4secs M
2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 00.4secs M
3. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 00.5secs M
4. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 00.8secs M
5. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 01.2secs M
6. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 01.3secs M
7. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 01.4secs M
8. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 02.3secs M
9. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 02.9secs
10. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 03.5secs M


Overall times after SS4:

1. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 29mins 28.1secs M
2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 05.0secs M
3. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 06.1secs M
4. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 22.6secs M
5. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 26.7secs M
6. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 27.2secs M
7. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 44.3secs M
8. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 58.3secs M
9. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 01.0secs M
10. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +01mins 11.0secs
11. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +01mins 18.7secs M
12. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +01mins 25.5secs
13. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +01mins 47.9secs M
14. Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +01mins 58.3secs N4
15. Patrik Flodin Subaru Impreza +02mins 11.2secs P
16. Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza +02mins 17.5secs P
17. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +02mins 23.3secs P
18. Takuma Kamada Subaru Impreza +02mins 30.6secs P
19. Juho Haninnen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +02mins 34.5secs P
20. Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +02mins 50.0secs P


Overall PWRC after SS4:

1. Patrik Flodin Subaru Impreza 31mins 39.3secs P
2. Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza +00mins 06.3secs P
3. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 12.1secs P


Notable retirements:

SS4. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 Went off the road. M



* denotes elected to re-start under SupeRally format.

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.
P - denotes Production WRC entry.

all times unofficial