Overall, Dani Sordo increases his lead. He is 36″5 ahead of Sébastien Ogier, the new runner-up in the event. Thierry Neuville is 3rd at 37″8. The big loser of the day is Teemu Suninen. Second at the start, the Finn is now 4th, almost 39 seconds from the lead. He still remains in contact with the two drivers in front of him. Championship leader Elfyn Evans is 5th at 51″3

The start of SS9 is scheduled for 10:07 a.m. The Sardinia Rally can still be followed in live text on AUTOhebdo.

This is the end of this eighth special of the 2020 Sardinia Rally. Dani Sordo set the best time ahead of Elfyn Evans and Thierry Neuville. Kalle Rovanperä was unable to complete SS8 after going off the track.

Best time of the special for Dani Sordo. The Spaniard confirms his good form with a time of 8'52″5, 1″8 faster than Elfyn Evans

Teemu Suninen is still losing ground. The Finn crossed the finish line in 9'08″8, more than 14 seconds behind the best time of the special

Thierry Neuville provisionally second after his passage in 8'56″5 to 2″2 from Elfyn Evans

3″7 behind Sébastien Ogier on Elfyn Evans at the finish of the special. The Frenchman rode in 8'58

Very good SS8 from championship leader Elfyn Evans. The Welshman completed the special in 8'54″3, ahead of Ott Tänak by 9″6

Second provisional time for Gus Greensmith in 9'09″8 almost 6 seconds behind Ott Tänak

9'15″0 for Pierre-Louis Loubet who has some damage at the back. He says he hit during the special

Tänak beat Katsuta to the finish with a time of 9'03″9. The Estonian could have done better but he came across Rovanperä, stationary on the road, and therefore lost time

In the slow motion, we saw that Rovanperä hit a tree at the right rear the first time and then a second at the left rear. His special is over, his Sardinia Rally perhaps too

Katsuta finishes with his special. He covered the 15 km in 9'16″0. “It’s very slippery,” he said after crossing the finish line.

Rovanperä stopped in SS8! The Finn hit something on his way. He got out of the car

The profile of the SS8 (Coiluna – Loelle 1) 15 km long

Here is the starting order of this ES8

Let's go for SS8! As during SS7, Takamoto Katsuta took to the road first