Latvala back to the podium place as set the fastest time in stage 16 Otates 2 (41.88km). Latvala was 5.4 seconds faster than Loeb and 15.3 seconds faster than his team mate Petter Solberg who remains fourth overall.
Chris Atkinson crashes after the finished line and was unable to continue. The Australian struck a bank and incurred damage to his Monster Fiesta RS WRC.
Results after SS 16:
1. S. Loeb 3:01:10.9
2. M. Hirvonen +28.7
3. J. Latvala +2:09.8
4. P. Solberg +2:22.1
5. M. Ostberg +2:35.0
6. O. Tanak +4:05.4
7. E. Novikov +4:17.6
8. N. Al-Attiyah +5:39.9
Comments after SS 16:
Loeb: “We did a good drive with no mistake. There were a lot of big stones towards the end so we took it easy to avoid the stones.”