SS20 - Obihiro 4 (1.35km): Villagra fastest through SS20; Sordo and Henning Solberg joint third; Hirvonen fourth; Wilson fifth; Stohl sixth; Pozzo heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 38.2secs at the end of leg 2.


Stage times and overall standings after SS20.

Top ten stage times for SS20:

1. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 1mins 22.0secs M
2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 01.0secs M
= Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 01.0secs M
4. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 01.2secs M
5. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 01.5secs
6. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 01.9secs M
7. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 02.1secs M
8. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 02.7secs M
9. Juho Haninnen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 03.5secs P
10. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 04.2secs P


Overall times after SS20:

1. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2hours 26mins 28.9secs M
2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 38.2secs M
3. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +01mins 51.7secs M
4. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +05mins 05.6secs M
5. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +05mins 27.3secs
6. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +05mins 59.7secs M
7. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +07mins 26.6secs M
8. Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +13mins 50.4secs N4
9. Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +14mins 47.1secs P
10. Takuma Kamada Subaru Impreza +16mins 29.6secs P
11. Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza +18mins 03.9secs P
12. Masayuki Ishida Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +18mins 31.2secs N4
13. Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +18mins 48.9secs P
14. Kazuhiro Kitamura Subaru Impreza WRX +19mins 18.6secs N4
15. Norihiko Katsuta Subaru Impreza WRX +20mins 03.2secs N4
16. Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift +20mins 15.1secs A6
17. Evgeniy Vertunov Subaru Impreza +20mins 43.1secs P
18. Eiichi Iwashita Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +20mins 54.5secs N4
19. Richard Mason Subaru Impreza WRX +21mins 02.9secs N4
20. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +21mins 39.0secs P


Overall PWRC after SS20:

1. Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2hours 41mins 16.0secs P
2. Takuma Kamada Subaru Impreza +01mins 42.5secs P
3. Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza +03mins 16.8secs 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

SS12. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 Went off the road.
SS13. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC Stopped in stage. M
SS13. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 Stopped in stage. M
SS14. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Mechanical P

* denotes elected to re-start under SupeRally format.

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

all times unofficial