SS3 - El Cubilete 1 (18.87 km): Loeb fastest through SS3; Latvala second; Henning Solberg third; Atkinson fourth; Hirvonen fifth; Wilson sixth; Galli went into a ditch and lost over 2 minutes; Petter continued to suffer with brake problems; P-G's
Suzuki dropped to three cylinders; Villagra given a 2 minute penalty; Ogier heads the JWRC category; Latvala leads the overall event by 4.4 seconds.
Stage times and overall standings after SS3.
Top ten stage times for SS3:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
11mins 51.5secs M
2.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 00.5secs M
3.
Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 04.7secs M
4.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 05.9secs M
5.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 06.3secs M
6.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 16.1secs M
7.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 17.1secs M
8.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 24.2secs M
9.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 30.7secs M
10.
Ricardo Trivino Peugeot 206 WRC
+00mins 50.8secs A8
Overall times after SS3:
1.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
40mins 20.9secs M
2.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 04.4secs M
3.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 11.2secs M
4.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 18.7secs M
5.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 53.9secs M
6.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 55.5secs M
7.
Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07
+01mins 41.1secs M
8.
Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+02mins 12.8secs M
9.
Gigi Galli Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07
+02mins 43.9secs M
10.
Ricardo Trivino Peugeot 206 WRC
+03mins 40.1secs A8
11.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+03mins 48.8secs M
12.
Sebastien Ogier Citroen C2 S1600
+04mins 23.3secs J
13.
Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600
+04mins 46.5secs J
14.
Jaan Molder Suzuki Swift S1600
+04mins 52.4secs J
15.
Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600
+05mins 07.5secs J
16.
Aaron Burkart Citroen C2 S1600
+06mins 00.7secs J
17.
Benito Guerra Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
+06mins 24.4secs N4
18.
Rodrigo Salgado Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 00.9secs N4
19.
Shaun Gallagher Citroen C2 S1600
+07mins 21.5secs J
20.
Jose Ignacio de Izaurieta Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 31.1secs N4