SS9 - Phaselis 1 (22.40 km): Henning Solberg fastest through SS9; Sordo second; Wilson third; Loeb fourth; Gardemeister fifth; Petter Solberg sixth; Hirvonen, Latvala and Galli eased off to ensure a better road position on day 2; Andersson lost over 4 minutes with a steering problem; Aigner heads the PWRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 1 second at the end of day 1.
Stage times and overall standings after SS9.
Top ten stage times for SS9:
1.
Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
17mins 49.3secs MT
2.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 04.2secs M
3.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 06.8secs A8
4.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 08.8secs M
5.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 10.7secs M
6.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 14.6secs M
7.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport-Ford Focus WRC06
+00mins 17.3secs A8
8.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 19.5secs A8
9.
Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 21.3secs MT
10.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 23.0secs M
Overall times after SS9:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
2hours 02mins 35.2secs M
2.
Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 01.0secs MT
3.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 01.1secs M
4.
Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 02.2secs MT
5.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07
+00mins 06.9secs M
6.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 49.1secs M
7.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+01mins 05.9secs A8
8.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+01mins 06.8secs M
9.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+02mins 27.1secs M
10.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+02mins 50.0secs A8
11.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+03mins 17.2secs MT
12.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+05mins 53.7secs M
13.
Barry Clark Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+06mins 12.3secs MT
14.
Andreas Aigner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 14.6secs P
15.
Patrik Sandell Peugeot 207 S2000
+07mins 15.5secs P
16.
Uwe Nittel Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 20.0secs P
17.
Martin Prokop Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 36.4secs P
18.
Eyvind Brynildsen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 58.2secs P
19.
Evgeniy Vertunov Subaru Impreza WRX STi
+08mins 06.4secs P
20.
Mirco Baldacci Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+08mins 16.8secs P
