The Finn Ford driver Jari Matti Latvala made a fantastic start in the first stage of ADAC Rally Germany the 24.18 km Ruwertal / Fell 1.

Latvala time is: 13:57.4 with average speed of 103.95 km/h. Second is S. Ogier at +1.5 sec. S. Loeb is third at +2.0 sec, fourth is Mikko Hirvonen at +2.4 sec and fifth is Peter Solberg at +6.7 sec.