Leaderboard after Day 1
1. M Hirvonen/J Lehtinen FIN Ford Focus RS 42min 40.8sec 2. J-M Latvala/M Anttila FIN Ford Focus RS 43min 07.0sec 3. S Loeb/D Elena FRA Citroen C4 43min 11.4sec 4. C Atkinson/S Prévot AUS Subaru Impreza 43min 41.1sec 5. P Solberg/P Mills NOR Subaru Impreza 43min 42.8sec 6. M Wilson/S Martin GBR Ford Focus RS 43min 52.0sec 7. P-G Andersson/J Andersson SWE Suzuki SX4 43min 52.4sec 8. T Gardemeister/T Tuominen FIN Suzuki SX4 44min 17.6sec 9. H Solberg/C Menkerud NOR Ford Focus RS 44min 27.4sec 10 J Ketomaa/M Stenberg FIN Subaru Impreza 45min 42.2sec
Stage Times
Stage 1: 1. Hirvonen 9min 57.9sec; 2. Latvala + 3.8; 3. Duval + 7.0; 4. Sordo + 11.1; 5. Wilson + 13.0; 6. Loeb + 13.3.
Stage 2: 1. Hirvonen 8min 24.2sec; 2. Loeb + 2.1; 3. Duval + 3.3; 4. Latvala + 4.1; 5. Sordo + 4.7; 6. Wilson + 8.0. Overall: 1. Hirvonen 18min 22.1sec; 2. Latvala + 7.9; 3. Duval + 10.3; 4. Loeb + 15.4; 5. Sordo + 15.8; 6. Wilson + 21.9.
Stage 3: Cancelled
Stage 4: 1. Loeb 3min 17.3sec; 2. Latvala + 1.3; 3. Hirvonen + 2.3; 4. Duval + 2.6; 5. Atkinson + 3.6; 6. P Solberg + 3.7.
Overall: 1. Hirvonen 21min 41.7sec; 2. Latvala + 6.9; 3. Duval + 10.6; 4. Loeb + 13.1; 5. Sordo + 17.5; 6. Wilson + 24.5.
Stage 5: 1. Hirvonen 9min 35.6sec; 2. Duval + 1.3; 3. Loeb + 7.3; 4. Latvala + 8.6; 5. Atkinson + 13.3; 6. Sordo + 16.0.
Overall: 1. Hirvonen 31min 17.3sec; 2. Duval + 11.9; 3. Latvala + 15.5; 4. Loeb + 20.4; 5. Sordo + 33.5; 6. P Solberg + 42.0.
Stage 6: 1. Hirvonen 8min 02.5sec; 2. Latvala + 6.6; 3. Loeb + 6.9; 4. Atkinson + 11.2; 5. P Solberg + 12.4; 6= H Solberg + 16.7.
Overall: 1. Hirvonen 39min 19.8sec; 2. Latvala + 22.1; 3. Loeb + 27.3; 4. P Solberg + 54.4; 5. Atkinson + 56.1; 6. Wilson + 59.6.
Stage 7: Cancelled
Stage 8: Cancelled
Stage 9: 1. Hirvonen 1min 39.4sec; 2. Loeb + 0.1; 3. Latvala + 2.0; 4. Atkinson + 2.9; 5. H Solberg + 3.3; 6. P Solberg + 3.4.
Overall: 1. Hirvonen 40min 59.2sec; 2. Latvala + 24.1; 3. Loeb + 27.4; 4. P Solberg + 57.8; 5. Atkinson + 59.0; 6. Wilson + 1:07.0.
Stage 10: 1. Hirvonen 1min 41.6sec; 2. Atkinson + 1.3; 3. Latvala + 2.1; 4. Gardemeister + 2.9; 5. Loeb + 3.2; 6= P Solberg, Wilson, Villagra + 4.2.
Overall: 1. Hirvonen 42min 40.8sec; 2. Latvala + 26.2; 3. Loeb + 30.6; 4. Atkinson + 1:00.3; 5. P Solberg + 1:02.0; 6. Wilson + 1:11.2.
Today’s Route
The second day is the longest of the rally. After leaving Sapporo at 07.30, drivers tackle two identical loops of four stages near the town of Chitose and Tomakomai, before another two passes over the Dome super special stage. They reach the final overnight halt at 19.17 after 156.78km of competition.