SS9 - Su Filigosu 1 (19.46 km): Latvala fastest through SS9; Hirvonen second; Galli third; Loeb fourth; Sordo fifth; Aava sixth; Petter Solberg finished stage with a cracked windscreen; Ostberg also finished stage with a broken windscreen and reported that spectators are throwing stones; Al Qassimi spun; Kosciuszko heads the JWRC category; Loeb leads the event overall by 42 seconds.
Stage times and overall standings after SS9.
Top ten stage times for SS9:
1.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
12mins 43.3secs M
2.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 06.0secs M
3.
Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 08.1secs MT
4.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 12.8secs M
5.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 20.7secs M
6.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 26.5secs A8
7.
Mads Ostberg Adapta-
Subaru Impreza WRC
+00mins 28.7secs A8
8.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 28.8secs M
9.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+00mins 29.0secs M
10.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 30.7secs M
Overall times after SS9:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
2hours 16mins 01.7secs M
2.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 42.0secs M
3.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 54.4secs M
4.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 55.8secs M
5.
Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+01mins 15.2secs MT
6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+01mins 55.5secs M
7.
Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+03mins 18.3secs MT
8.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+03mins 24.4secs A8
9.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+04mins 11.8secs M
10.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+04mins 12.7secs M
11.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+05mins 58.1secs A8
12.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+06mins 03.4secs MT
13.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+06mins 18.1secs MT
14.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007
+06mins 32.9secs M
15.
Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC
+06mins 45.5secs A8
16.
Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600
+13mins 43.6secs J
17.
Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600
+13mins 45.1secs J
18.
Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3
+15mins 35.7secs J
