Kubica starts the rally with stage win and keep the position after the first three stages. The stage number one start with wet road and +22 C temperature. Jan Kopecky is second. Craig Breen delay win 1-minute for the start of SS 1 and receive 10 seconds penalty.
Kopecky comment after SS 1: Interesting. There are only two days in a year when it rains on Canary Islands and it's one of them. We have medium slicks on the front and soft on the rear.
In SS 2 Artenara 1 with a distance of 21.18 km Kubica extend his rally lead with 22.7 seconds, as second is Craig Breen. In the stage is reporting for rain, wet and fog.
Kubica wins the third stage in day 1 also. Kopecky is second in SS 3 with 0.8 seconds delay. Finally the weather is better in SS 3.
Results after SS 3:
1. R. Kubica (Citroen DS3 S2000) 31:20.3
2. J. Kopecky (Skoda Fabia S2000) +38.4
3. C. Breen (Peugeot 207 S2000) +53.6
4. L. Monzon (Mini John Cooper Works S2000) +1:02.9
5. J. Ancian (Peugeot 207 S2000) +1:23.4
6. A. Aigner (Subaru Impreza R4) +1:47.2

There are 5 stages to run to the end of Day 1.