Next up in seventh is Britain's Matthew Wilson, albeit more than 1.5 minutes off the fight for P4. He is followed by three-time Rally Poland winner and Stobart Ford 'third' driver, Krzysztof Holowczyc. The 1997 European Rally champion felt more comfortable with his Focus today and is currently on course to pick up the final drivers' point.

Citroen Junior Team's Conrad Rautenbach and Mads Ostberg complete the top ten. Rautenbach had started the day in eighth, but he was unable to keep it and slipped behind Holowczyc in SS9.

Of the rest, Evgeny Novikov lies just outside the top ten, 30.6 seconds up on Michal Bebenek, who is well on course for the N4 win in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. Novikov, who re-started under the SupeRally after his off in SS4 on Friday, began day two in 28th place, but he has since climbed right back up.

Sebastien Loeb also rejoined the fold this morning under the SupeRally and he now lies 13th and one spot up on Kevin Abbring, who leads the Junior World Rally Championship category.

Abbring had lost the J-WRC lead following SS10, but on the repeat loop battled back and overhauled Michal Kosciuszko in the final test of the day. Abbring now has a slender 0.8 second lead, while Martin Prokop rounds out the Junior podium, 28.8 seconds further back, followed by Yoann Bonato and Hans Weijs in fourth and fifth respectively.

There were no major retirements today - although Andreas Mikkelsen was unable to continue in his privately-run Skoda Fabia WRC following engine problems last night. The Finn had been running strongly on his first event with the Fabia and was in the top-five until his mechanical woes in SS7.

The action now concludes on Sunday with five stages on the bill - and around 87 competitive kilometres. SS14, the 27.07 kilometre Milki 1 test, begins at 07.51 hours local time.