SS23 - Penke 1 (22.19km): Loeb fastest through SS23; Hirvonen second; Sordo third; Latvala fourth; Wilson fifth; Petter Solberg sixth; Pons finished stage with missing rear wing; Pozzo heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 49.9secs.


Stage times and overall standings after SS23.

Top ten stage times for SS23:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 13mins 23.8secs M
2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 04.2secs M
3. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 15.7secs M
4. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 19.8secs M
5. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 27.5secs
6. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 28.1secs M
7. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 28.5secs M
8. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 38.3secs M
9. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 48.1secs M
10. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 52.9secs


Overall times after SS23:

1. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2hours 54mins 45.6secs M
2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 49.9secs M
3. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +03mins 20.9secs M
4. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +06mins 13.4secs M
5. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +06mins 21.2secs
6. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +06mins 43.1secs M
7. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +09mins 41.9secs M
8. Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +16mins 55.1secs N4
9. Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +18mins 25.0secs P
10. Takuma Kamada Subaru Impreza +20mins 04.1secs P
11. Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza +21mins 31.6secs P
12. Masayuki Ishida Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +21mins 36.3secs N4
13. Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +21mins 56.4secs P
14. Kazuhiro Kitamura Subaru Impreza WRX +22mins 37.9secs N4
15. Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift +23mins 00.8secs A6
16. Norihiko Katsuta Subaru Impreza WRX +23mins 13.3secs N4
17. Richard Mason Subaru Impreza WRX +24mins 02.7secs N4
18. Evgeniy Vertunov Subaru Impreza +24mins 07.0secs P
19. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +24mins 46.7secs P
20. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +26mins 03.3secs. M


Overall PWRC after SS23:

1. Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3hours 13mins 10.6secs P
2. Takuma Kamada Subaru Impreza +01mins 39.1secs P
3. Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza +03mins 06.6secs 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

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