Sébastien Ogier wins this SS9 ahead of Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo. Overall, the latter retains the lead ahead of the winner of the special. Note that Kalle Rovanperä did not restart after his accident on SS8. 

The classification of the special

The start of SS10 is scheduled for 11:08 a.m.

5″2 behind for Dani Sordo on Sébastien Ogier during SS9. The Spaniard clocked 12'34″8. Nothing to worry about in the rankings

Teemu Suninen can't do it today. 12'47″5 on the finish line. The Finn lost more time in the top three overall

12'31″2 for Thierry Neuville and his Hyundai i20

Sébastien Ogier takes the lead in this special. He beat Ott Tänak on the line with a time of 12'29″6, almost 6 seconds faster

1″6 behind for Elfyn Evans over Ott Tänak at the finish. The Toyota driver completed SS9 in 12'37″1, the second provisional benchmark for the special

Elfyn Evans temporarily behind Ott Tänak while he is in the last sector of the special

12'49″9 for Gus Greensmith on the finish line, second provisional time

Third provisional time for Pierre-Louis Loubet with a time of 12'55″0 to 19″5 from Ott Tänak

Tänak immediately erases Katsuta's mark. The Hyundai driver completed this 9th special in 12'35″5, more than 19 seconds ahead of the Japanese

Katsuta also improves his first time on this course by more than 30 seconds. He rode in 12’54″7 compared to 13’33″6. “The conditions are better although I expected to have more grip after the morning passages”.

The order of passage is always the same. Here it is :

The drivers already know this special since it is the first of this day on Saturday. Here is the profile

It's back to Sardinia. Katsuta once again launches hostilities