Loeb loses then gains time

Despite a second consecutive best time, Sébastien Loeb loses time on Mikko Hirvonen in Monte Lerno, SS9 of Rally from Sardinia.

With a ten-second penalty for arriving one minute late at the start of the special, the Citroën driver remains in third place, 7??5 from Mikko Hirvonen and 34??5 from Jari-Matti Latvala, still in the lead.

Dani Sordo takes fifth position behind Petter Solberg. Mads Ostberg damaged his suspension in this time but retained sixth position ahead of Evgeny Novikov and Henning Solberg.