SS3 - Arbellara-Aullene 1 (27.42 km): Gronholm fastest through SS3; Loeb and Sordo joint second; Petter Solberg fourth - complained of understeer; Duval fifth; Hirvonen stopped in the stage; Atkinson had brake problems; Wilson and Mikkelsen both had a puncture; Prokop heads the JRC category; Gronholm leads the overall event by 2.9 seconds

Stage times and overall standings after SS3.

Top ten stage times for SS3:

1. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 15mins 34.6secs M

2. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 00.1secs M

= Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 00.1secs M

4. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 15.2secs M

5. Francois Duval OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 18.6secs M

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 20.5secs M

7. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 23.4secs M

8. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 32.7secs

9. Jan Kopecky Czech RT-Kopecky Skoda Fabia WRC +00mins 43.8secs

10. Alessandro Bettega Stobart VK M-Sport Focus RS WRC +00mins 45.9secs

Overall times after SS3:

1. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 24mins 49.4secs M

2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 02.9secs M

3. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 03.2secs M

4. Francois Duval OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 26.9secs M

5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 27.7secs M

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 29.5secs M

7. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 33.4secs M

8. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 48.9secs

9. Jan Kopecky Czech RT-Kopecky Skoda Fabia WRC +01mins 13.8secs

10. Alessandro Bettega Stobart VK M-Sport Focus RS WRC +01mins 15.6secs

11. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus +01mins 33.9secs

12. Nicolas Bernardi Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +01mins 39.1secs

13. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +01mins 40.1secs M

14. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +01mins 45.7secs M

15. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +01mins 46.5secs

16. Dani Sola Peugeot 207 S2000 +02mins 13.7secs N4

17. Brice Tirabassi Peugeot 207 S2000 +02mins 17.4secs N4

18. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +02mins 43.6secs J

19. Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 +02mins 44.6secs J

20. Henri-Marc Venturini Renault Clio R3 +02mins 53.1secs A7

Overall JRC after SS3:

1. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 27mins 33.0secs J

2. Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 +00mins 01.0secs J

3. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 +00mins 11.9secs J

4. Yoann Bonato Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 13.7secs J

5. Aaron Burkart Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 15.0secs J

Notable retirements:

SS3. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 Stopped in stage. M

* denotes elected to re-start under SupeRally format.

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.

J - denotes Junior RC entry.

all times unofficial