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