SS9 - Obihiro 1 (1.35km): Araujo fastest through SS9; Sordo second; Loeb third; Hirvonen fourth; Villagra and Companc joint fifth; Nutahara heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 10.8secs.
Stage times and overall standings after SS9.Top ten stage times for SS9:1.
Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
1mins 18.5secs P
2.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 00.4secs M
3.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 00.6secs M
4.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 00.7secs M
5.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 00.8secs M
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Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 00.8secs M
7.
Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+00mins 01.3secs 8.
Masayuki Ishida Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+00mins 01.5secs N4
9.
Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 02.0secs M
10.
Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
+00mins 02.1secs M
Overall times after SS9:1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
59mins 12.8secs M
2.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 10.8secs M
3.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 12.6secs M
4.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 41.2secs M
5.
Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 47.2secs M
6.
Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
+01mins 28.0secs M
7.
Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+02mins 03.8secs 8.
Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+02mins 19.4secs M
9.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+02mins 48.2secs 10.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+03mins 26.9secs M
11.
Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+04mins 43.2secs N4
12.
Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+05mins 15.2secs P
13.
Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+06mins 08.3secs P
14.
Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+06mins 29.9secs P
15.
Evgeniy Vertunov Subaru Impreza
+06mins 41.4secs P
16.
Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza
+07mins 02.8secs P
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Takuma Kamada Subaru Impreza
+07mins 02.8secs P
18.
Eiichi Iwashita Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+07mins 21.9secs N4
19.
Kazuhiro Kitamura Subaru Impreza WRX
+07mins 22.1secs N4
20.
Martin Rauam Mitsubishi Lancer
+07mins 25.5secs P
Overall PWRC after SS9:1.
Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
1hour 04mins 28.0secs P
2.
Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+00mins 53.1secs P
3.
Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+01mins 14.7secs 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
