SS8 Port Waikato (17.22km):
Henning Solberg quickest for Munchi's; Loeb second; Latvala third; Sordo fourth; Latvala moves ahead of Sordo overall in third; Wilson fifth; Hirvonen only 10th best but leads by 20.3secs. Baldacci extends PWRC lead.
Stage times and overall standings after SS8.
Top ten stage times for SS8:
1.
Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
10mins 02.2secs M
2.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 04.4secs M
3.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00min 04.5secs M
4.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 05.1secs M
5.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 06.8secs M
6.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 07.0secs M
7.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 07.8secs A8
8.
Francois Duval Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 09.3secs M
9.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 09.6secs M
10.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 11.9secs M
Overall times after SS8:
1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
1hr 44mins 58.4secs M
2.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 20.3secs M
3.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 22.7secs M
4.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 23.2secs M
5.
Francois Duval Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+01mins 25.3secs M
6.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+01mins 57.2secs A8
7.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+02mins 20.9secs M
8.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+03mins 07.5secs M
9.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+03mins 58.7secs M
10.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+04mins 57.2secs M
11.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+05mins 00.7secs A8
12.
Richard Mason Subaru Impreza WRX STi
+05mins 32.5secs
13.
Mirco Baldacci Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+06mins 11.3secs P
14.
Martin Prokop Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+06mins 25.5secs P
15.
Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9
+06mins 29.8secs P
16.
Evgeny Novikov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+06mins 33.7secs P
17.
Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza WRX STi
+07mins 19.2secs P
18.
Hayden Paddon Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 27.1secs P
19.
Martin Rauam Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 38.8secs P
20.
Patrick Sandell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 47.5secs P
