After the very difficult SS7 Pays d'Ormont 2 (36km) Petter Solberg takes the lead. Sebastien Ogier down to second place at +2.6 seconds.

Third place for Dani Sordo at +3.0 seconds. Kris Meeke is forth at +41.8. The Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala is fifth at +1:15.9, sixth is Hirvonen at +1:20.1.

What happens with Kimi Raikonnen here they explains:

Lindstrom said: "As usual we parked 2.5 kilometres before the stage start to put on our helmets and get strapped in before warming our tyres on the way to the control. On this occasion Henning went in front of us - even though he was behind us in the start order. He was snaking down the road to put some heat in the tyres and the brakes, and we were doing the same behind. But at some point we had to overtake so soon we caught up. Henning pulled into his lane, and we went to pass but suddenly he braked hard and we drove into the back of his car - his left-hand rear corner with our right-hand front. The impact broke one of our front suspension uprights. But this is what happens sometimes - no one is to blame. I explained this to Henning afterwards."

Henning Solberg said: "He hit me on the left side, I saw his car in the air and then he disappeared into a ditch. He said it was not my fault and just to drive on."