Sebastien Loeb wins the Rally Japan – just 5.6secs up on Marcus Gronholm; Mikko Hirvonen takes the final podium position while Chris Atkinson and Manfred Stohl complete the top five...
NB. Daniel Sordo finished seventh but was later excluded by the stewards. Sordo was running sixth until he was held up by the stranded car of Luis Perez Companc on the penultimate stage, losing more than a minute. That dropped him 1.2sec behind Toshi Arai in the final positions. However the Spaniard was later excluded for not fastening his seat belts after leaving his car during the incident.
Overall times after SS27 / Leg 3 - Top 20:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Kronos
Citroen Xsara WRC 06
3hours 22mins 20.4secs M1
2.
Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06
+00mins 05.6secs M1
3.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06
+02mins 46.5secs M1
4.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+06mins 07.8secs M1
5.
Manfred Stohl OMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRC
+07mins 10.7secs
6.
Toshi Arai Subaru WRT Impreza WRC
+09mins 05.1secs
7.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+11mins 43.7secs M1
8.
Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+22mins 57.4secs P
9.
Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+23mins 24.8secs P
10.
Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+23mins 58.6secs P
11.
Luis Perez Companc Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 06
+25mins 20.9secs M2
12.
Hiroshi Yanagisawa Subaru Impreza WRX STI
+25mins 40.6secs
13.
Aki Teiskonen Subaru Impreza
+27mins 00.0secs P
14.
Dean Herridge Subaru Impreza WRX STI
+29mins 13.1secs
15.
Seisuke Ohba Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+33mins 29.8secs
16.
Osamu Fukunaga Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
+34mins 04.4secs
17.
Leszek Kuzaj Subaru Impreza
+34mins 17.3secs P
18.
Haruo Oshima Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+37mins 00.7secs
19.
Kazuhiro Kitamura Subaru Impreza WRX STI
+38mins 47.1secs
20.
Masayuki Ishida Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+40mins 07.2secs
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