SS5 - Belvedere-Bocca Albitrina 2 (16.62 km): Loeb fastest through SS5; Gronholm second; Sordo third; Latvala fourth; Duval fifth; Atkinson sixth; Aava heads the JRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 0.1 seconds

Stage times and overall standings after SS5.

Top ten stage times for SS5:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 9mins 12.1secs M

2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 03.1secs M

3. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 06.3secs M

4. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 09.9secs M

5. Francois Duval OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 10.9secs M

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 11.1secs M

7. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 14.0ecs M

8. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 19.1secs

9. Jan Kopecky Czech RT-Kopecky Skoda Fabia WRC +00mins 26.7secs

10. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 30.7secs M

Overall times after SS5:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 44mins 04.6secs M

2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 00.1secs M

3. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 09.6secs M

4. Francois Duval OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 42.7secs M

5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 46.0secs M

6. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 46.7secs M

7. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 55.2secs M

8. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +01mins 21.3secs

9. Jan Kopecky Czech RT-Kopecky Skoda Fabia WRC +02mins 06.6secs

10. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +02mins 38.4secs M

11. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus +02mins 39.7secs

12. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +02mins 52.4secs M

13. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +03mins 03.3secs

14. Dani Sola Peugeot 207 S2000 +03mins 57.5secs N4

15. Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 +04mins 56.7secs J

16. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +04mins 57.6secs J

17. Marc Amourette Citroen C2 S1600 +05mins 06.7secs A6

18. Francois Leandri Skoda Fabia WRC +05mins 09.3secs A8

19. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 +05mins 10.3secs J

20. Henri-Marc Venturini Renault Clio R3 +05mins 16.1secs A7

Overall JRC after SS5:

1. Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 49mins 01.3secs J

2. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 00.9secs J

3. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 +00mins 13.6secs J

4. Aaron Burkart Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 26.1secs J

5. Jozef Beres Renault Clio S1600 +00mins 28.2secs J

Notable retirements:

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

SS5. Alessandro Bettega Stobart VK M-Sport Focus RS WRC Unknown.

* denotes elected to re-start under SupeRally format.

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.

J - denotes Junior RC entry.

all times unofficial