Sebastien Ogier try to push as fast as he can during the longest Spanish stage 7 El Priorat 1, 45,97 km but suffered with another puncture, as he explains that has no idea how it is happens .In a result he moved at sixth place overall.
Mikko Hirvonen was surprised by his slow time without mistakes. His teammate in Ford Jari-Matti Latvala set second fastest time during the longest stage with just 4.3 seconds slower than Loeb time. He explains that Loeb is with one spare while he is with two and the extra weight delay him.
Petter Solberg decided to not restart today and safe resources for the last rally for 2011. The team can repair the car but their decision is to safe money and not restart today.
Loeb is happy to confirm his leader position and the good balanced car. He said: “It was a very good drive, constant start to the end, with no mistake.”

The results after SS 7:
1. S. Loeb 2:09:42.2
2. J. Latvala +34.9
3. M. Hirvonen +1:20.0
4. D. Sordo +2:15.4
5. K. Meeke +3:29.3
6. S. Ogier +3:29.7
7. M. Ostberg +3:53.6
8. H. Solberg +4:42.3