Sebastien Loeb leads in Sardinia at the end of day 1, 35.7 seconds up on his Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo; Petter Solberg completes the podium narrowly ahead of Mikko Hirvonen...

Overall times after SS6 / Day 1 - Top 20:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 1hour 31mins 27.6secs M

2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 35.7secs M

3. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 53.8secs M

4. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 58.9secs M

5. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 09.0secs M

6. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 12.3secs MT

7. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +01mins 31.1secs M

8. Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 52.5secs MT

9. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +02mins 19.8secs A8

10. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +02mins 22.9secs M

11. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +03mins 02.1secs M

12. Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +04mins 05.5secs A8

13. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +04mins 08.4secs MT

14. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +04mins 25.3secs MT

15. Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC +05mins 47.6secs A8

16. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +09mins 30.9secs J

17. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 +09mins 34.6secs J

18. Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 +10mins 13.0secs J

19. Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3 +10mins 54.7secs J

20. Jaan Molder Suzuki Swift S1600 +11mins 07.0secs J

Overall JWRC after SS6 / Day 1 - Top 10:

1. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 1hour 29mins 02.3secs J

2. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 +00mins 03.7secs J

3. Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 +00mins 42.1secs J

4. Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3 +01mins 23.8secs J

5. Jaan Molder Suzuki Swift S1600 +01mins 36.1secs J

6. Florian Niegel Suzuki Swift S1600 +03mins 23.9secs J

7. Shaun Gallagher Citroen C2 S1600 +03mins 37.1secs J

8. Aaron Burkart Citroen C2 S1600 +04mins 57.7secs J

9. Stefano Albertini Renault Clio +05mins 56.3secs J

10. Hans Weijs Jr Citroen C2-R2 Max +06mins 34.8secs J

Notable retirements:

SS2. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport-Ford Focus RS WRC Rolled. A8

SS2. Peter van Merksteyn Ford Focus RS WRC Rolled. A8

SS4. Khalid Al-Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 Lost a wheel. A8

* denotes elected/able to re-start under SupeRally format.

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.

MT - denotes Manufacturer Team entry.

J - denotes Junior WRC entry.

all times unofficial