Telstra Rally Australia: SS24.

SS24 - Bannister North Long (35.64 kms): Solberg fastest through SS24; Loeb second; Rovanpera third; Hirvonen fourth; Duval fifth; Warmbold sixth; Gronholm crashed; Arai leads the PCWRC; Loeb leads the overall event by 1min 52.8secs.

Stage times and overall standings after SS24.

Top ten stage times for SS24:

1. Petter SolbergSubaru Impreza WRC 200418mins 39.6secs
2. Sebastien LoebCitroen Xsara WRC+00mins 16.5secs
3. Harri RovanperaPeugeot 307 WRC+00mins 20.0secs
4. Mikko HirvonenSubaru Impreza WRC 2004+00mins 33.0secs
5. Francois DuvalFord Focus RS WRC 04+00mins 33.9secs
6. Antony WarmboldFord Focus RS WRC 02+01mins 38.6secs
7. Cody CrockerSubaru Impreza WRX+01mins 46.4secs
8. Mirco BaldacciMitsubishi Lancer Evo VII+01mins 48.4secs9. Toshihiro AraiSubaru Impreza WRX+01mins 49.5secs
10. Chris AtkinsonSubaru Impreza WRX+01mins 53.9secs

Overall times after SS24:

1. Sebastien LoebCitroen Xsara WRC3hours 30mins 25.4secs
2. Harri RovanperaPeugeot 307 WRC+01mins 52.8secs
3. Francois DuvalFord Focus RS WRC 04+03mins 34.1secs
4. Mikko HirvonenSubaru Impreza WRC 2004+05mins 56.0secs
5. Chris AtkinsonSubaru Impreza WRX+16mins 05.4secs
6. Xavier PonsMitsubishi Lancer Evo VII+16mins 47.8secs
7. Cody CrockerSubaru Impreza WRX+17mins 01.6secs8. Toshihiro AraiSubaru Impreza WRX+18mins 51.4secs9. Niall McSheaSubaru Impreza+19mins 03.1secs
10. Mirco BaldacciMitsubishi Lancer Evo VII+22mins 12.7secs

11. Ed OrdynskiMitsubishi Lancer Evo VII+22mins 17.9secs12. Fumio NutaharaMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII+25mins 18.9secs13. Nasser Al-AttiyahSubaru Impreza+29mins 01.9secs
14. Antony WarmboldFord Focus RS WRC 02+33mins 47.9secs15. Sebastian VollakMitsubishi Lancer Evo VI+34mins 51.5secs
16. Norihiko KatsutaSubaru Impreza WRX+35mins 19.3secs
17. David HillsMitsubishi Lancer Evo VII+38mins 52.1secs
18. Jim MardenSubaru Impreza WRX+39mins 51.7secs19. Fabio FrisieroSubaru Impreza STI+39mins 58.2secs
20. Tolley ChallisMitsubishi Lancer Evo VII+51mins 20.7secs

Overall PCWRC after SS24:

1. Toshihiro AraiSubaru Impreza WRX3hours 49mins 16.8secs2. Niall McSheaSubaru Impreza+00mins 11.7secs3. Fumio NutaharaMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII+06mins 27.5secs

Notable retirements*:

DNS. Carlos SainzCitroen Xsara WRCWithdrew.
SS1/2. Markko MartinFord Focus RS WRC 04Engine.
SS4. Petter SolbergSubaru Impreza WRC 2004Hit a rock.
SS10. Marcus GronholmPeugeot 307 WRCWent off the road.SS22. Alister McRaeSubaru Impreza WRXMechanical.

* Under the new 'SupeRally' system, retired cars can re-start on subsequent legs. However as the system is currently being used only as an experiment, competitors will not be eligible for points and will not be classified in the overall standings.

Italics denotes Production Car World Rally Championship entries.