SS7 - Carbuccia-Scalella 1 (21.88 km): Loeb fastest through a slippery SS7; Gronholm second; Duval third; Sordo fourth; Petter Solberg fifth; Pons sixth; Hirvonen, Bernardi and Bettega all re-started under the SupeRally; Aava heads the JRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 7.5 seconds.

Stage times and overall standings after SS7.

Top ten stage times for SS7:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 14mins 15.1secs M

2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 02.7secs M

3. Francois Duval OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 04.4secs M

4. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 06.2secs M

5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 16.3ecs M

6. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 17.1secs

7. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +00mins 21.4secs M

8. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 23.4secs M

9. Jan Kopecky Czech RT-Kopecky Skoda Fabia WRC +00mins 31.9secs

10. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 37.7secs M

Overall times after SS7:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 1hour 13mins 44.8secs M

2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 07.5secs M

3. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 24.7secs M

4. Francois Duval OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +01mins 02.2secs M

5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 19.4secs M

6. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +01mins 27.8secs M

7. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 44.0secs M

8. Xavier Pons Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +02mins 15.1secs

9. Jan Kopecky Czech RT-Kopecky Skoda Fabia WRC +03mins 19.3secs

10. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +04mins 21.3secs M

11. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +04mins 24.6secs M

12. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus +04mins 27.1secs

13. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +04mins 54.6secs

14. Dani Sola Peugeot 207 S2000 +06mins 54.4secs N4

15. Brice Tirabassi Peugeot 207 S2000 +08mins 07.8secs N4

16. Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 +08mins 14.1secs J

17. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 +08mins 28.0secs J

18. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +08mins 33.4secs J

19. Marc Amourette Citroen C2 S1600 +08mins 35.0secs A6

20. Francois Leandri Skoda Fabia WRC +08mins 44.0secs A8

Overall JRC after SS7:

1. Urmo Aava Suzuki Swift S1600 1hour 21mins 58.9secs J

2. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 +00mins 13.9secs J

3. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 19.3secs J

4. Jozef Beres Renault Clio S1600 +00mins 58.2secs J

5. Conrad Rautenbach Citroen C2 S1600 +01mins 13.2secs J

Notable retirements:

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

SS4. Nicolas Bernardi Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC No power.#

SS5. Alessandro Bettega Stobart VK M-Sport Focus RS WRC Went off the road.#

SS6. Aigar Pars Suzuki Swift S1600 Went off the road. J

SS6. Gilles Schammel Citroen C2 R2 Mechanical. J

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

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.

J - denotes Junior RC entry.

all times unofficial