SS1 - Suwayma 1 (13.03 km): Sordo and Petter Solberg joint fastest through a very slippery and tricky SS1; Hirvonen third; Latvala fourth; Loeb fifth after a spin; Galli sixth; P-G went off 4 kilometres after start and damaged his suspension; Sandell heads the JWRC category; Sordo and Petter jointly lead the overall rally by 0.5 secs.
Stage times and overall standings after SS1.
Top ten stage times for SS1:
1.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
6mins 40.2secs M
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Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 00.0secs M
3.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 00.5secs M
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 01.6secs M
5.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 04.6secs M
6.
Gigi Galli Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 13.0secs M
7.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 13.9secs M
8.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 15.2secs A8
9.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 15.4secs M
10.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 17.4secs M
Overall times after SS1:
1.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
6mins 40.2secs M
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Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 00.0secs M
3.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 00.5secs M
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 01.6secs M
5.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 04.6secs M
6.
Gigi Galli Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 13.0secs M
7.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 13.9secs M
8.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 15.2secs A8
9.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 15.4secs M
10.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 17.4secs M
11.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 17.6secs A8
12.
Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 20.5secs M
13.
Khalid Al-Qassimi BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 20.6secs A8
14.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 21.3secs A8
15.
Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600
+00mins 43.5secs J
16.
Sebastien Ogier Citroen C2 S1600
+00mins 48.2secs J
17.
Suhail Al Maktoum Subaru Impreza
+00mins 52.4secs N4
18.
Amjad Farrah Mitsubishi Evolution 9
+00mins 54.4secs N4
19.
Jaan Molder Suzuki Swift S1600
+00mins 54.8secs J
20.
Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600
+00mins 57.8secs J