SS9 Possum (13.78km):
Loeb scores fourth stage win of rally; Hirvonen second; Latvala third; Henning fourth; Sordo fifth. Off for Aava sees him drop 50secs and lose sixth to
Petter Solberg. Hirvonen leads by 17.2secs; Baldacci PWRC lead down to 7secs.
Stage times and overall standings after SS9.
Top ten stage times for SS9:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
10mins 39.2secs M
2.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 03.1secs M
3.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 05.6secs M
4.
Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 06.4secs M
5.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 08.8secs M
6.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins
12.3secs M
7.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 14.7secs M
8.
Francois Duval Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 17.2secs M
9.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 18.1secs M
10.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 18.2secs M
Overall times after SS9:
1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
1hr 55mins 40.7secs M
2.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 17.2secs M
3.
Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 25.2secs M
4.
Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 28.9secs M
5.
Francois Duval Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+01mins 39.4secs M
7.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+02mins 32.5secs M
6.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+02mins 45.0secs A8
8.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+03mins 22.6secs M
9.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+04mins 13.7secs M
10.
Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07
+05mins 14.8secs M
11.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+05mins 25.6secs A8
12.
Richard Mason Subaru Impreza WRX STi
+05mins 52.2secs
13.
Mirco Baldacci Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+06mins 46.9secs P
14.
Martin Prokop Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+06mins 53.9secs P
15.
Evgeny Novikov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+06mins 58.9secs P
16.
Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9
+07mins 13.1secs P
17.
Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza WRX STi
+07mins 50.1secs P
18.
Hayden Paddon Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+07mins 59.7secs P
19.
Martin Rauam Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+08mins 10.8secs P
20.
Patrick Sandell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
+08mins 21.3secs P
