SS10 - Obihiro 2 (1.35km): Pons fastest through SS10; Sordo second; Villagra and Loeb joint third; Araujo fifth; Hirvonen sixth; Nutahara heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 10.3secs at the end of leg 1.


Stage times and overall standings after SS10.

Top ten stage times for SS10:

1. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 1mins 16.8secs
2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 00.6secs M
3. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 00.7secs M
= Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 00.7secs M
5. Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 01.0secs P
6. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 01.2secs M
7. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 02.3secs M
8. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 02.4secs M
9. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 02.6secs M
10. Masayuki Ishida Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 02.9secs N4


Overall times after SS10:

1. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 1hour 00mins 30.8secs M
2. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 10.3secs M
3. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 13.7secs M
4. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 40.6secs M
5. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 48.4secs M
6. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +01mins 30.0secs M
7. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +02mins 02.6secs
8. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +02mins 20.8secs M
9. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +02mins 50.8secs
10. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +03mins 26.4secs M
11. Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +04mins 47.5secs N4
12. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +05mins 19.1secs P
13. Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +06mins 10.3secs P
14. Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +06mins 29.7secs P
15. Evgeniy Vertunov Subaru Impreza +06mins 45.2secs P
16. Takuma Kamada Subaru Impreza +07mins 05.5secs P
17. Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza +07mins 05.7secs P
18. Martin Rauam Mitsubishi Lancer +07mins 28.4secs P
19. Eiichi Iwashita Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +07mins 29.2secs N4
20. Kazuhiro Kitamura Subaru Impreza WRX +07mins 34.0secs N4


Overall PWRC after SS10:

1. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 1hour 05mins 49.9secs P
2. Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 51.2secs P
3. Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +01mins 10.6secs 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