Sebastien Loeb is the rally leader after day 1 in Finland. Seb was the fastest followed by his teammate Mikko Hirvonen and Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala.

Comments:
Loeb: “I couldn’t go faster for sure. It was a very, very good stage and I was flat out everywhere. I was really on the limit with no mistakes at all, it was a big push.”
Hirvonen: “I was a couple of times more on the ditch than in the road. I lost some time, we’re a little bit behind but we’ll see tomorrow. I need to stay on the road tomorrow, I’ll be a lot faster that way.”
Latvala: “I don’t have an answer at the moment, I thought I was driving well and I thought it was a good stage but I’ve lost five seconds and that’s a lot. There’s no excuse.”
Solberg: “I struggled a little bit with the traction sometimes and it was very tricky in the middle part.”
Ostberg: “It was a good stage for us. We pushed quite hard at the beginning and we had a few moments in the fast stuff through the forest where it was very slippery so we backed off towards the end.”

Results after SS 3:
1. S. Loeb 15:07.1
2. M. Hirvonen +7.3
3. J. Latvala +7.3
4. M. Ostberg +7.5
5. T. Neuville +9.0
6. P. Solberg +9.2

There are 9 stages to run for tomorrow in all 18 stages for the rally.