SS5 - Resolfen 2 (25.08 km): Loeb and Gronholm joint fastest through SS5; Hirvonen third; Latvala fourth; Petter Solberg fifth; Sordo sixth; Henning Solberg and Chris Atkinson both lost a lot of time; Wilks heads the PWRC - and BRC - category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 23.2 seconds.


Stage times and overall standings after SS5.

Top ten stage times for SS5:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 13mins 20.9secs M
= Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 00.0secs M
3. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 02.4secs M
4. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 06.4secs M
5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 15.4secs M
6. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 24.6secs M
7. Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC +00mins 33.0secs
8. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 41.4secs M
9. Jan Kopecky Czech RT Skoda Fabia WRC +00mins 50.3secs
10. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 51.1secs


Overall times after SS5:

1. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 1hour 00mins 42.0secs M
2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 23.2secs M
3. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 26.1secs M
4. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 46.3secs M
5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 16.2secs M
6. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +01mins 38.0secs M
7. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +02mins 50.2secs M
8. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +02mins 51.0secs
9. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +03mins 15.1secs M
10. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +03mins 23.2secs
11. Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC +03mins 29.4secs
12. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC +03mins 50.8secs
13. Jan Kopecky Czech RT Skoda Fabia WRC +04mins 30.5secs
14. Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +05mins 27.2secs M
15. Guy Wilks Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution +07mins 19.5secs P / B
16. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06 +07mins 25.1secs M
17. Conrad Rautenbach Citroen Xsara WRC +07mins 43.9secs
18. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +07mins 50.6secs P / B
19. Juho Haninnen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +08mins 07.2secs P
20. Gwyndaf Evans Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution +08mins 07.6secs P / B


Overall PWRC after SS5:

1. Guy Wilks Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 1hour 08mins 01.5secs P / B
2. Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 31.1secs P / B
3. Juho Haninnen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo +00mins 47.7secs 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