SS8 - Epynt 1 (13.76 km): Latvala fastest through SS8; Gronholm and Hirvonen joint second; Sordo fourth; Loeb fifth; Petter Solberg sixth; Wilks heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 31.2 seconds.
Stage times and overall standings after SS8.
Top ten stage times for SS8:
1.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
7mins 33.2secs M
2.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 03.0secs M
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Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 03.0secs M
4.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 04.0secs M
5.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 08.3secs M
6.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 08.6secs M
7.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 08.8secs M
8.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 11.0secs
9.
Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 11.8secs M
10.
Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC
+00mins 13.1secs
Overall times after SS8:
1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
1hour 35mins 41.5secs M
2.
Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 31.2secs M
3.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+01mins 00.9secs M
4.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+02mins 04.6secs M
5.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+02mins 41.7secs M
6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+05mins 13.2secs M
7.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+05mins 17.4secs
8.
Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
+06mins 02.0secs M
9.
Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+06mins 54.4secs
10.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC
+07mins 00.0secs
11.
Jan Kopecky Czech RT Skoda Fabia WRC
+08mins 16.8secs
12.
Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC
+08mins 29.8secs
13.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+10mins 30.5secs M
14.
Guy Wilks Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
+11mins 40.5secs P / B
15.
Gwyndaf Evans Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
+11mins 46.5secs P / B
16.
Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+11mins 47.1secs M
17.
Juho Hanninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+12mins 34.4secs P
18.
Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+12mins 36.2secs P / B