SS7 - Carbuccia - Scalella 1 (21.88km): Loeb fastest through a slippery SS7; Duval second; Hirvonen third; Petter Solberg fourth; Atkinson fifth; Latvala sixth; Mikkelsen lost over 3 minutes with a puncture; Sordo did not re-start - car too badly damaged after incident on day 1 in SS3; Campana heads the JWRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 36.9 seconds.
Top ten stage times for SS7:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
14mins 26.3secs M
2.
Francois Duval BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 02.9secs M
3.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 05.0secs M
4.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 10.6secs M
5.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 13.1secs M
6.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 14.3secs MT
7.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 17.5secs A8
8.
Brice Tirabassi Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 29.4secs A8
9.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 35.5secs MT
10.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 37.0secs M
Overall times after SS7:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
1hour 23mins 50.6secs M
2.
Francois Duval BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 36.9secs M
3.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 37.3secs M
4.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+01mins 22.1secs M
5.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+01mins 27.0secs MT
6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+01mins 28.5secs M
7.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+03mins 40.5secs A8
8.
Brice Tirabassi Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+03mins 50.8secs A8
9.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+03mins 53.0secs M
10.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+04mins 07.7secs M
11.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+04mins 12.8secs A8
12.
Mads Ostberg Adapta WRT Subaru WRC
+04mins 22.7secs A8
13.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+04mins 30.1secs MT
14.
Khalid Al Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+06mins 18.5secs A8
15.
Barry Clark Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+06mins 38.4secs A8
16.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC 07
+07mins 05.5secs A8
17.
Gareth Jones Subaru Impreza WRC S12B
+07mins 34.2secs A8
18.
Guy Fiori Renault Clio S1600
+08mins 21.9secs A6
19.
Pierre Campana Renault Clio R3 MAXI
+08mins 25.7secs J
20.
Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+08mins 32.6secs A8
