Rally Japan: SS25.
SS25 - Panke Nikoporet (17.04 km): Heartbreak for Solberg who retires on penultimate stage after hitting a rock and damaging steering. Gronholm quickest on stage from Duval, Atkinson, Warmbold and Rovanpera. Gronholm now leads by over a minute with one stage to go.
Stage times and overall standings after SS25.
Top ten stage times for SS25:
SS25 - Panke Nikoporet (17.04 km): Heartbreak for Solberg who retires on penultimate stage after hitting a rock and damaging steering. Gronholm quickest on stage from Duval, Atkinson, Warmbold and Rovanpera. Gronholm now leads by over a minute with one stage to go.
Stage times and overall standings after SS25.
Top ten stage times for SS25:
1. Marcus GronholmPeugeot 307 WRC09mins 36.4secs
2. Francois DuvalCitroen Xsara WRC+00mins 00.4secs
3. Chris AtkinsonSubaru Impreza WRC 2005+00mins 02.8secs
=. Antony WarmboldFord Focus RS WRC 04+00mins 02.8secs
5. Harri RovanperaMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05+00mins 04.6secs
6. Toni GardemeisterFord Focus RS WRC 04+00mins 05.3secs
7. Sebastien LoebCitroen Xsara WRC+00mins 09.7secs
8. Daniel CarlssonPeugeot 307 WRC+00mins 09.8secs
9. Roman KrestaFord Focus RS WRC 04+00mins 12.1secs
10. Gilles PanizziMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05+00mins 16.5secs
Overall times after SS25:
1. Marcus GronholmPeugeot 307 WRC3hr 10mins 49.5secs
2. Sebastien LoebCitroen Xsara WRC+01mins 10.6secs
3. Chris AtkinsonSubaru Impreza WRC 2005+02mins 32.0secs
4. Francois DuvalCitroen Xsara WRC+02mins 47.4secs
5. Harri RovanperaMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05+03mins 41.5secs
6. Toni GardemeisterFord Focus RS WRC 04+04mins 16.3secs
7. Roman KrestaFord Focus RS WRC 04+05mins 01.2secs
8. Daniel CarlssonPeugeot 307 WRC+06mins 17.5secs
9. Antony WarmboldFord Focus RS WRC 04+07mins 20.2secs
10. Armin SchwarzSkoda Fabia WRC+11mins 17.0secs
11. Gilles PanizziMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05+13mins 16.4secs12. Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza+19mins 33.2secs
13. Cody CrockerSubaru Impreza+20mins 54.6secs14. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer+21mins 32.0secs15. Aki TeiskonenSubaru Impreza+25mins 29.1secs
16. Masayuki IshidaMitsubishi Lancer+26mins 18.5secs
17. Guy WilksSuzuki Swift+27mins 02.8secs18. Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza+29mins 34.6secs
19. Norihiko KatsutaSubaru Impreza+30mins 14.9secs20. Sebastian BeltranSubaru Impreza+33mins 11.4secs
Overall PCWRC after SS25:
1. Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza3hr 30mins 22.7secs2. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer+01mins 58.8secs3. Aki TeiskonenSubaru Impreza+05mins 55.9secs
Notable retirements*:
SS7. Mikko HirvonenSkoda Fabia WRCOff the road
After SS8. Daniel SolaFord Focus RS WRC 04Tyre issues #
SS20. Daniel SolaFord Focus RS WRC 04Accident
After SS23. Gigi GalliMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05Suspension
SS25. Petter SolbergSubaru Impreza WRC 2005Steering
* 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.
Italics denotes Production Car World Rally Championship entries.
