Sebastien Loeb stars the first stage of the 4-days rally with a better time than Mikko. He gains 0.4 seconds by the pretender for the champion title for 2011 Mikko Hirvonen. The battle for the title will be 4-days 23 stages. The stage number one current leader is Jari-Matti Latvala who set fantastic time of 1.9 seconds faster than Loeb.
1. J. Latvala 2:39.3
2. S. Loeb +1.9
3. M. Hirvonen +2.3
4. P. Solberg +3.6