Mikko Hirvonen takes the lead by the former teammate Jari-Matti Latvala. Mikko is definitely the best snow driver as he was the last winner with Ford while with Citroen he again takes the lead. Mikko was 3.5 seconds faster than Latvala in stage 5 the 20.97 km Finnskogen.
Results after SS 5:
1. M. Hirvonen 44:17.7
2. J. Latvala +2.9
3. M. Ostberg +10.3
4. S. Loeb +12.7
5. P. Solberg +14.6
6. D. Sordo +21.8
Driver’s comments:
Hirvonen: "We are maybe finding a little bit of feeling with the car. It's good, the stages are in surprisingly good condition and I enjoyed that one. I'm having a good time."
Latvala: I can't get clean runs - every stage I make little mistakes. I'm trying to get a balance with the driving. We'll have a think about it at service and see if we can do anything."
Ostberg: "It was a good stage for sure, we tried to push back here. Hirvonen is going very well so it's difficult to keep up with his pace. I didn't want to take any risks - I'm sure I can give a little but more but then it's not guaranteed I will finish."
Till the end of day 1 remains 5 stages.