Friday, 29th August 2008

Mikko Hirvonen establishes a 27.8secs lead over Sebastien Loeb after he suffers a 30secs penalty; Sordo third, Latvala fourth.

Even so, at least he is still running, which is more than can be said for Wilson, who was forced to retire with gearbox problems on SS5. Up to that point the young Brit had been disputing the final point with the Suzukis, but will now need to re-enter through SupeRally to continue his weekend.

In the Production WRC class, Marco Baldacci has led the way for much of the day, although he is coming under increasing pressure from Martin Prokop, the Czech driver gradually scaling the timesheets to move to within ten seconds of his rival.

Leader after SS1, Fumio Nutahara, remains a solid third just two seconds behind Prokop, while 17-year-old Russian driver Evgeny Novikov is just behind in fourth ensuring that this is a class that could go any which way.

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Meanwhile, title contenders Andreas Aigner and Juho Hanninen began making their way up the leaderboard after earlier delays. Championship leader Aigner is now up to 13th, while Hanninen in 11th.

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