SS6 - Rheola 2 (27.91 km): Hirvonen fastest through SS6; Gronholm second; Petter Solberg third; Loeb fourth; Sordo fifth; Latvala stopped; Pons had a few punctures; Wilks heads the PWRC category - and takes the BRC day 1 win; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 39.6 seconds at the end of leg 1.
Stage times and overall standings after SS6.
Top ten stage times for SS6:
1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
16mins 39.3secs M
2.
Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 16.4secs M
3.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 17.8secs M
4.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 31.8secs M
5.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 59.9secs M
6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+01mins 47.2secs M
7.
Gwyndaf Evans Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
+01mins 53.1secs P / B
8.
Stuart Jones MG 2000 Sport
+01mins 54.3secs P
9.
Alessandro Bettega Mitsubishi Lancer
+02mins 05.6secs P
10.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+02mins 10.3secs
Overall times after SS6:
1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
1hour 17mins 21.3secs M
2.
Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 39.6secs M
3.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 57.9secs M
4.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+01mins 34.0secs M
5.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+02mins 37.9secs M
6.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+05mins 01.3secs
7.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+05mins 02.3secs M
8.
Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
+05mins 37.9secs M
9.
Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+05mins 57.5secs
10.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC
+06mins 41.8secs
11.
Jan Kopecky Czech RT Skoda Fabia WRC
+07mins 39.4secs
12.
Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC
+08mins 11.4secs
13.
Guy Wilks Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
+09mins 57.5secs P / B
14.
Gwyndaf Evans Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
+10mins 00.7secs P / B
15.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+10mins 46.3secs M
16.
Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+10mins 56.6secs P / B
17.
Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+11mins 08.2secs M
18.
David Higgins Subaru Impreza
+12mins 14.8secs P / B
19.
Alessandro Bettega Mitsubishi Lancer
+12mins 25.6secs P
20.
Patrik Flodin Subaru Impreza
+12mins 39.6secs P
