SS1 - Monte Corvos 1 (16.43 km): Latvala fastest through SS1, which was very narrow and slippery; Sordo second; Galli third; Loeb fourth; Mikkelsen fifth; Petter Solberg sixth; Wilson complained of understeer; Bettega heads the JWRC category; Loeb leads the event overall by 7 seconds.
Stage times and overall standings after SS1.
Top ten stage times for SS1:
1.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
11mins 24.3secs M
2.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 07.0secs M
3.
Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 07.4secs MT
4.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 07.8secs M
5.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport-Ford Focus RS WRC
+00mins 09.6secs A8
6.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 10.7secs M
7.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 13.0secs M
8.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 16.0secs M
9.
Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC
+00mins 18.3secs A8
10.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 18.9secs A8
Overall times after SS1:
1.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
11mins 24.3secs M
2.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 07.0secs M
3.
Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 07.4secs MT
4.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 07.8secs M
5.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport-Ford Focus RS WRC
+00mins 09.6secs A8
6.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 10.7secs M
7.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 13.0secs M
8.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 16.0secs M
9.
Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC
+00mins 18.3secs A8
10.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 18.9secs A8
11.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 19.1secs M
12.
Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 22.3secs MT
13.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 24.3secs M
14.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 31.8secs MT
15.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 31.9secs A8
16.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 40.4secs MT
17.
Khalid Al-Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 48.1secs A8
18.
Peter van Merksteyn Ford Focus RS WRC
+00mins 50.8secs A8
19.
Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3
+01mins 08.5secs J
20.
Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600
+01mins 09.5secs J
