Jari-Matti Latvala completes a clean sweep of the morning's three tests.

SS9 - Su Filigosu 1 (19.46 km): Latvala fastest through SS9; Hirvonen second; Galli third; Loeb fourth; Sordo fifth; Aava sixth; Petter Solberg finished stage with a cracked windscreen; Ostberg also finished stage with a broken windscreen and reported that spectators are throwing stones; Al Qassimi spun; Prokop heads the JWRC category; Loeb leads the event overall by 42 seconds.

Stage times and overall standings after SS9.

Top ten stage times for SS9:

1. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 12mins 43.3secs M

2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 06.0secs M

3. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 08.1secs MT

4. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 12.8secs M

5. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 20.7secs M

6. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +00mins 26.5secs A8

7. Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC +00mins 28.7secs A8

8. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +00mins 28.8secs M

9. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 29.0secs M

10. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +00mins 30.7secs M

Overall times after SS9:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 2hours 16mins 01.7secs M

2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 42.0secs M

3. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 54.4secs M

4. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 55.8secs M

5. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 15.2secs MT

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 55.5secs M

7. Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +03mins 18.3secs MT

8. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +03mins 24.4secs A8

9. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +04mins 11.8secs M

10. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +04mins 12.7secs M

11. Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +05mins 58.1secs A8

12. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +06mins 03.4secs MT

13. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +06mins 18.1secs MT

14. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +06mins 32.9secs M

15. Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC +06mins 45.5secs A8

16. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 +13mins 43.6secs J

17. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +13mins 45.1secs J

18. Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3 +15mins 35.7secs J

Overall JWRC after SS9:

1. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 2hours 29mins 46.8secs J

2. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +00mins 01.5secs J

3. Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3 +01mins 52.1secs J

Notable retirements:

SS2. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport-Ford Focus RS WRC Rolled. A8

SS2. Peter van Merksteyn Ford Focus RS WRC Rolled. A8

SS4. Khalid Al-Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 Lost a wheel. 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