SS8 - Rikubetsu 2 (2.73km): Sordo fastest through SS8; Hirvonen second; Latvala third; Loeb fourth; Henning Solberg fifth; Stohl sixth; Nutahara heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 9.3secs.
Stage times and overall standings after SS8.Top ten stage times for SS8:1.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
2mins 04.2secs M
2.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 00.3secs M
3.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 00.9secs M
4.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 01.6secs M
5.
Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 01.9secs M
6.
Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
+00mins 02.6secs M
7.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 02.8secs =
Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+00mins 02.8secs 9.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 04.1secs M
10.
Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 05.5secs M
Overall times after SS8:1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
57mins 53.6secs M
2.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 09.3secs M
3.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 10.9secs M
4.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 41.5secs M
5.
Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 45.9secs M
6.
Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
+01mins 26.6secs M
7.
Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+02mins 03.2secs 8.
Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+02mins 19.3secs M
9.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+02mins 45.6secs 10.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+03mins 26.8secs M
11.
Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+04mins 41.1secs N4
12.
Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+05mins 10.9secs P
13.
Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+06mins 05.5secs P
14.
Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+06mins 30.6secs P
15.
Evgeniy Vertunov Subaru Impreza
+06mins 34.8secs P
16.
Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza
+07mins 01.0secs P
17.
Takuma Kamada Subaru Impreza
+07mins 01.1secs P
18.
Kazuhiro Kitamura Subaru Impreza WRX
+07mins 16.2secs N4
19.
Eiichi Iwashita Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+07mins 17.5secs N4
20.
Martin Rauam Mitsubishi Lancer
+07mins 23.1secs P
Overall PWRC after SS8:1.
Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
1hour 03mins 04.5secs P
2.
Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+00mins 54.6secs P
3.
Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+01mins 19.7secs P
Notable retirements:SS4.
Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
Went off the road. M
SS5/6.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
Mechanical. M
SS6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
Crashed out. M
* denotes elected to re-start under SupeRally format.M - denotes Manufacturer entry.
P - denotes Production WRC entry.
all times unofficial
