SS1 - Port Talbot 1 (17.41 km): Hirvonen fastest through SS1; Loeb second; Gronholm third; Latvala fourth; Atkinson fifth; Petter Solberg sixth; Mark Higgins heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 6.5 seconds.
Stage times and overall standings after SS1.
Top ten stage times for SS1:
1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
9mins 15.2secs M
2.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 06.5secs M
3.
Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 12.0secs M
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 14.7secs M
5.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 19.0secs M
6.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 19.3secs M
7.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 26.3secs M
8.
Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+00mins 27.1secs
9.
Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC
+00mins 31.4secs
10.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 32.9secs
Overall times after SS1:
1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
9mins 15.2secs M
2.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 06.5secs M
3.
Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 12.0secs M
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 14.7secs M
5.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 19.0secs M
6.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 19.3secs M
7.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 26.3secs M
8.
Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+00mins 27.1secs
9.
Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC
+00mins 31.4secs
10.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 32.9secs
11.
Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
+00mins 33.5secs M
12.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC
+00mins 40.7secs
13.
Jan Kopecky Czech RT Skoda Fabia WRC
+00mins 46.2secs
14.
Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 56.4secs M
15.
Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+01mins 01.5secs M
16.
Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+01mins 15.0secs P / B
17.
Guy Wilks Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
+01mins 15.7secs P / B
18.
Gwyndaf Evans Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
+01mins 20.8secs P / B
19.
Juho Haninnen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+01mins 21.6secs P
20.
Conrad Rautenbach Citroen Xsara WRC
+01mins 22.4secs
