SS12 - Halfway 2 (18.37 km): Latvala fastest through SS12; Hirvonen second; Loeb third; Atkinson fourth; Petter Solberg fifth – despite an issue with his lights; Sordo sixth; Pons had problems with his windscreen wipers; Wilks heads the PWRC category; Hirvonen leads the overall event by 35.7 seconds.
Stage times and overall standings after SS12.
Top ten stage times for SS12:
1.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
10mins 39.6secs M
2.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 06.9secs M
3.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 07.0secs M
4.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 10.0secs M
5.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 11.2secs M
6.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 12.2secs M
7.
Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 12.3secs M
8.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+00mins 15.1secs
9.
Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC
+00mins 18.0secs
10.
Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
+00mins 18.2secs M
Overall times after SS12:
1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
2hours 15mins 23.3secs M
2.
Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 35.7secs M
3.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+01mins 14.7secs M
4.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+02mins 26.1secs M
5.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+02mins 56.2secs M
6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+05mins 49.3secs M
7.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+05mins 56.3secs
8.
Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
+06mins 54.6secs M
9.
Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006
+07mins 44.8secs
10.
Mads Ostberg Subaru Impreza WRC
+09mins 26.1secs
11.
Jan Kopecky Czech RT Skoda Fabia WRC
+09mins 35.8secs
12.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+10mins 16.5secs M
13.
Luis Perez Companc Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 06
+13mins 16.8secs M
14.
Guy Wilks Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
+15mins 20.8secs P / B
15.
Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+16mins 27.6secs P / B
16.
Juho Hanninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+16mins 47.2secs P
17.
Alessandro Bettega Mitsubishi Lancer
+19mins 22.3secs P
18.
Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06
+20mins 46.5secs M
19.
Gareth Jones Stobart Ford Focus WRC 04
+20mins 55.9secs
20.
Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
+20mins 56.1secs P
