SS9 - Appricciani-Coggia 1 (14.37km): Loeb fastest through SS9; Duval second; Hirvonen third; Latvala fourth; Petter Solberg fifth; Mikkelsen sixth; Atkinson lost around a minute with a front puncture; Aava had brake issues; Rautenbach had a puncture - lost over 2 minutes; Prokop re-takes lead in the JWRC category; Loeb heads the overall event by 41.7 seconds.
Top ten stage times for SS9:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
9mins 23.9secs M
2.
Francois Duval BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 01.8secs M
3.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 03.2secs M
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 05.3secs MT
5.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 08.6secs M
6.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 09.2secs A8
7.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 20.6secs A8
8.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+00mins 26.3secs M
9.
Mads Ostberg Adapta WRT Subaru WRC
+00mins 30.4secs A8
10.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 32.2secs MT
Overall times after SS9:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
1hour 50mins 23.7secs M
2.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 41.7secs M
3.
Francois Duval BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 44.3secs M
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+01mins 40.8secs MT
5.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+01mins 43.4secs M
6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+03mins 06.6secs M
7.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+04mins 27.2secs A8
8.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+04mins 56.5secs M
9.
Brice Tirabassi Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+05mins 20.1secs A8
10.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+05mins 29.2secs M
11.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+05mins 36.3secs MT
12.
Mads Ostberg Adapta WRT Subaru WRC
+05mins 37.1secs A8
13.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC 07
+07mins 34.0secs A8
14.
Khalid Al Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+08mins 04.4secs A8
15.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+08mins 19.4secs A8
16.
Barry Clark Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+08mins 24.4secs A8
17.
Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+09mins 45.2secs A8
18.
Gareth Jones Subaru Impreza WRC S12B
+09mins 47.9secs A8
19.
Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600
+10mins 51.1secs J
20.
Pierre Campana Renault Clio R3 MAXI
+10mins 53.7secs J
