Sebastien Loeb takes his second stage win in succession and increases his lead two-fold.

SS2 - Grafschaft Veldenz (23.04km): Loeb fastest through SS2; Sordo second; Hirvonen third; Latvala fourth; Petter Solberg fifth; Atkinson sixth; Prokop heads the J-WRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 11.3 seconds.

Stage times and overall standings after SS2.

Top ten stage times for SS2:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 13mins 14.4secs M

2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 05.5secs M

3. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08 +00mins 06.7secs M

4. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08 +00mins 13.4secs M

5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008 +00mins 15.7secs M

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008 +00mins 16.4secs M

7. Francois Duval Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 17.9secs MT

8. Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 19.7secs A8

9. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 26.9secs MT

10. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +00mins 28.7secs A8

Overall times after SS2:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 24mins 46.0secs M

2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 11.3secs M

3. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08 +00mins 12.6secs M

4. Francois Duval Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 24.2secs MT

5. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008 +00mins 25.3secs M

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008 +00mins 25.7secs M

7. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08 +00mins 28.4secs M

8. Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 41.6secs A8

9. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 44.1secs MT

10. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +00mins 54.1secs A8

11. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +01mins 06.0secs M

12. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +01mins 07.2secs M

13. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +01mins 08.6secs A8

14. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 17.1secs A8

15. Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +01mins 33.9secs A8

16. Peter van Merksteijn Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +01mins 34.7secs A8

17. Erik Wevers Subaru Impreza WRC 07 +01mins 46.9secs A8

18. Peter van Merksteijn Jr Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +01mins 50.8secs A8

19. Khalid Al Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08 +01mins 52.4secs A8

20. Mark van Eldik Subaru Impreza WRC 07 +02mins 03.0secs A8

Overall JWRC after SS2:

1. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 27mins 18.4secs J

2. Sebastien Ogier Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 02.0secs J

3. Aaron Burkart Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 23.9secs J

Notable retirements:

DNS. Mads Ostberg Adapta Subaru Impreza WRC 07 Did not start 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