SS16 - Pietra Rossa - Verghia 2 (26.32km): Hirvonen fastest through final test; Loeb second; Duval third; Mikkelsen fourth; Latvala fifth; Henning Solberg sixth; Prokop wins the JWRC category; Ogier takes second in the JWRC and secures the 2008 Junior title; Loeb wins the overall event by 3mins 24.7secs after Ford play tactics.
NB. Francois Duval and Jari-Matti Latvala both picked up time penalties on purpose so that they finished behind
Mikko Hirvonen. Duval checked into time control 2 minutes early to pick up a 2 minute penalty, while Jari was 9 minutes late for the start of SS16 to pick up a 1.5 minute penalty.
Top ten stage times for SS16:
1.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
16mins 27.4secs M
2.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
+00mins 04.9secs M
3.
Francois Duval BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+00mins 11.1secs M
4.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 11.2secs A8
5.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 14.3secs MT
6.
Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+00mins 23.1secs A8
7.
Mads Ostberg Adapta WRT
Subaru WRC
+00mins 26.6secs A8
8.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 26.8secs A8
9.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+00mins 27.4secs M
10.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+00mins 29.4secs A8
Overall times after SS16:
1.
Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC
3hours 42mins 58.0secs M
2.
Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+03mins 24.7secs M
3.
Francois Duval BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+03mins 31.6secs M
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+03mins 37.5secs MT
5.
Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+05mins 35.4secs M
6.
Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008
+06mins 10.4secs M
7.
Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+07mins 25.2secs A8
8.
Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+09mins 02.2secs MT
9.
Mads Ostberg Adapta WRT Subaru WRC
+09mins 13.3secs A8
10.
Barry Clark Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+13mins 38.3secs A8
11.
Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus WRC 07
+13mins 46.0secs A8
12.
Khalid Al Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08
+14mins 06.3secs A8
13.
Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+14mins 31.2secs M
14.
Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC
+14mins 42.2secs A8
15.
Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07
+15mins 53.4secs A8
16.
Gareth Jones Subaru Impreza WRC S12B
+18mins 45.0secs A8
17.
P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC
+18mins 57.0secs M
18.
Alain Vauthier Peugeot 206 WRC
+21mins 28.6secs A8
19.
Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600
+21mins 45.9secs J
20.
Sebastien Ogier Citroen C2 S1600
+22mins 03.6secs J
