The longest rally stage 36 km Pays d'Ormont 1 is a real challenge for all drivers.

Sebastien Loeb is the first who out of the rally with an engine problem. He stopped at about 27 km from the start and 9 km from the final. It is expecting to restart the rally tomorrow.

Mikko Hirvonen also in a trouble during the SS3. He lost more than 49 seconds during the stage. He explains: I just went off a few kilometres from the start. There was so much mud in the wheel, the whole car was vibrating so much that I can’t see outside. The car was jumping, it was very difficult to drive. Really stupid. I am really far behind now, I have to step on it to get some points.

The Ford teammate Jari-Matti Latvala also went off the road. He has a problem with the soft tyre and back on the road with the help of the spectacles.

Kimi Raikonnen makes a very stupid mistake. He went off the road warming his tyres prior to the start of the run. The result is stuck in a ditch one kilometre from the stage start with broken front suspension.

The current leader after SS 3 is Sebastien Ogier followed by Petter Solberg at +6.5 sec, third is Dani Sordo at +11.5 sec. Mad Ostberg is forth while the Ford drivers Latvala and Hirvonen at fifth and sixth at +56.6 and +1:27.6 respectively.