SS8 - Monte Lerno 1 (29.31 km): Latvala fastest through SS8; Hirvonen second; Loeb third; Galli fourth; Sordo fifth; Atkinson sixth; Petter Solberg had a puncture and had to stop and change it – lost over 4.5 minutes; Sandell retired from leg - damaged wheel, steering and driveshaft; Prokop heads the JWRC category; Loeb leads the event overall by 47.9 seconds.
Stage times and overall standings after SS8.
Top ten stage times for SS8:
1.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
19mins 46.3secs M
2.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 05.4secs M
3.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 10.8secs M
4.
Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 18.8secs MT
5.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 22.0secs M
6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 35.5secs M
7.
Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC
+00mins 39.5secs A8
8.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 40.9secs M
9.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 43.8secs A8
10.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 48.4secs M
Overall times after SS8:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
2hours 03mins 05.6secs M
2.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 47.9secs M
3.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 48.8secs M
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+01mins 07.2secs M
5.
Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+01mins 19.9secs MT
6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+01mins 39.3secs M
7.
Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+02mins 56.5secs MT
8.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+03mins 10.7secs A8
9.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+03mins 53.8secs M
10.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+03mins 56.7secs M
11.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+05mins 22.4secs A8
12.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+05mins 29.0secs MT
13.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+05mins 42.9secs MT
14.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+06mins 00.4secs M
15.
Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC
+06mins 29.6secs A8
16.
Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600
+12mins 34.2secs J
17.
Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600
+12mins 42.0secs J
18.
Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3
+14mins 25.8secs J
19.
Shaun Gallagher Citroen C2 S1600
+17mins 08.2secs J
20.
Alessandro Broccoli Renault Clio R3
+17mins 33.8secs A7
