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Wales Rally GB: SS3

SS3 - Rheola 1 (27.91 km): Hirvonen fastest through a slippery and muddy SS3 - just like SS2 and SS1; Latvala second; Gronholm third; Loeb fourth; Petter Solberg fifth; Sordo sixth; Mark Higgins heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 21.4 seconds.


Stage times and overall standings after SS3.

Top ten stage times for SS3:

1. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 15mins 55.7secs M
2. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 01.8secs M
3. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 04.6secs M
4. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 07.0secs M
5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 15.2secs M
6. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 17.4secs M
7. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 21.1secs
8. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 21.4secs M
9. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 23.7secs M
10. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 31.9secs M


Overall times after SS3:

1. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 38mins 01.5secs M
2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 21.4secs M
3. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 22.4secs M
4. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 29.4secs M
5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 54.4secs M
6. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 59.9secs M
7. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 17.2secs M
8. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +01mins 37.3secs
9. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +01mins 43.3secs M
10. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +01mins 55.2secs
11. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +02mins 00.4secs M
12. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC +02mins 12.7secs
13. Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC +02mins 20.9secs
14. Jan Kopecky Czech RT Skoda Fabia WRC +03mins 07.5secs
15. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +03mins 17.4secs M
16. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +04mins 00.5secs M
17. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +04mins 09.9secs P / B
18. Guy Wilks Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution +04mins 15.9secs P / B
19. Juho Haninnen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +04mins 26.6secs P
20. Conrad Rautenbach Citroen Xsara WRC +04mins 30.9secs


Overall PWRC after SS3:

1. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 42mins 11.4secs P / B
2. Guy Wilks Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution +00mins 06.0secs P / B
3. Juho Haninnen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 16.7secs P


Notable retirements:

None.


* denotes elected/able to re-start/finish under the SupeRally format.

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.
P - denotes Production WRC entry.
B - denotes British Rally Championship entry.


all times unofficial