Sebastien Loeb wins the final stage of the day, although only three drivers completed it at speed before it was cancelled due to safety concerns.

SS6 - Moselland 2 (9.82km): Loeb quickest in SS6; Hirvonen second; Atkinson lost 30 seconds after making a mistake at a junction*; Prokop heads the J-WRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 19.9secs at the end of day 1.

* Stage was cancelled by the organisers as fans were standing in dangerous places. Only Loeb, Hirvonen and Atkinson completed it at speed. The rest were given a notional time - namely that of Hirvonen.

Stage times and overall standings after SS6.

Top ten stage times for SS6:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 5mins 26.2secs M

2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08 +00mins 01.1secs M

*

66. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008 +00mins 30.2secs M

Overall times after SS6:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 1hour 00mins 22.5secs M

2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08 +00mins 19.9secs M

3. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 25.6secs M

4. Francois Duval Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 38.7secs MT

5. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08 +00mins 55.7secs M

6. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008 +01mins 03.9secs M

7. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2008 +01mins 34.0secs M

8. Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 36.2secs A8

9. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +01mins 39.4secs A8

10. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +02mins 12.4secs M

11. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +02mins 12.9ecs M

12. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +02mins 23.8secs A8

13. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +02mins 32.8secs A8

14. Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +03mins 07.0secs A8

15. Peter van Merksteijn Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +03mins 13.6secs A8

16. Erik Wevers Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +03mins 30.4secs A8

17. Peter van Merksteijn Jr Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +03mins 37.3secs A8

18. Khalid Al Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 08 +03mins 37.7secs A8

19. Gareth Jones Subaru Impreza WRC 07 +04mins 32.5secs A8

20. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +04mins 37.1secs J

Overall JWRC after SS6:

1. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 1hour 04mins 59.6secs J

2. Sebastien Ogier Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 07.6secs J

3. Aaron Burkart Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 44.6secs J

Notable retirements:

DNS. Mads Ostberg Adapta Subaru Impreza WRC 07 Did not start. A8

SS5. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 Went off the road. MT

* 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