Rally Japan: SS1.

SS1 - Pawse Kamuy 1 (9.05 km): Atkinson quickest through SS1 to take early lead from Solberg and Gronholm. Hirvonen fourth from Rovanpera and Duval. Loeb only twelfth quickest. Nutahara leads PCWRC.
Stage times and overall standings after SS1.

Top ten stage times for SS1:

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Updated: 31 Mar 2022

Top ten stage times for SS1:

1. Chris AtkinsonSubaru Impreza WRC 200504mins 42.1secs
2. Petter SolbergSubaru Impreza WRC 2005+00mins 01.3secs
3. Marcus GronholmPeugeot 307 WRC+00mins 01.9secs
4. Mikko HirvonenSkoda Fabia WRC+00mins 02.1secs
5. Harri RovanperaMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05+00mins 03.8secs
6. Francois DuvalCitroen Xsara WRC+00mins 05.1secs
7. Gigi GalliMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05+00mins 05.2secs
8. Daniel CarlssonPeugeot 307 WRC+00mins 06.1secs
9. Antony WarmboldFord Focus RS WRC 04+00mins 06.5secs
10. Roman KrestaFord Focus RS WRC 04+00mins 09.0secs

Overall times after SS1:

11. Toni GardemeisterFord Focus RS WRC 04+00mins 09.1secs
12. Sebastien LoebCitroen Xsara WRC+00mins 09.2secs
13. Daniel SolaFord Focus RS WRC 04+00mins 12.2secs
14. Armin SchwarzSkoda Fabia WRC+00mins 13.6secs
15. Gilles PanizziMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05+00mins 17.6secs16. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer+00mins 20.8secs
17. Katsuhiko TaguchiMitsubishi Lancer+00mins 24.4secs
18. Cody CrockerSubaru Impreza+00mins 26.8secs
19. Takuma KamadaSubaru Impreza+00mins 27.2secs20. Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza+00mins 27.8secs

Overall PCWRC after SS1:
1. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer05mins 02.9secs2. Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza+00mins 07.0secs3. Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza+00mins 07.2secs

Notable retirements*:

None

* Under the 'SupeRally' system, retired cars can re-start on subsequent legs with time penalties imposed for however many stages they miss.

# denotes elected to re-start.