Four leaders from the start

As the crews returned to Carlos Paz for a thirty-minute service stint, four different crews occupied the first position in the field. rally.

After Loeb, Latvala and Sordo, it was Mikko Hirvonen's turn to take first position at the end of SS4 and keep it in SS5.

Hirvonen is 0??6 ahead of Loeb, author of the last best time. Dani Sordo, Petter Solberg and Jari-Matti Latvala are less than ten seconds behind.