Rallye de France-Tour de Corse: SS5.

SS5 - Vico-Plage du Liamone 1 (34.66 km): Loeb fastest through SS5; Sordo second; Gronholm third; Pons fourth; Hirvonen fifth; Duval had brake problems; Latvala hit a bank after encountering cows and people on the stage; Aigner stopped at the start of the stage; Atkinson came through the stage with a broken windscreen after a rock struck the car; Wilson retired from the leg after going off the road; Meeke heads the JWRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 27.7secs.

Stage times and overall standings after SS5.

Top ten stage times for SS5:

Sebastien Loeb / Daniel Elena - Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
Sebastien Loeb / Daniel Elena - Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC
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SS5 - Vico-Plage du Liamone 1 (34.66 km): Loeb fastest through SS5; Sordo second; Gronholm third; Pons fourth; Hirvonen fifth; Duval had brake problems; Latvala hit a bank after encountering cows and people on the stage; Aigner stopped at the start of the stage; Atkinson came through the stage with a broken windscreen after a rock struck the car; Wilson retired from the leg after going off the road; Meeke heads the JWRC category; Loeb leads the overall event by 27.7secs.

Stage times and overall standings after SS5.

Top ten stage times for SS5:

1. Sebastien LoebKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 0624mins 05.6secs M1
2. Daniel Sordo Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC+00mins 06.7secs
3. Marcus GronholmBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06+00mins 07.8secs M1
4. Xavier PonsKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 06+00mins 10.7secs M1
5. Mikko HirvonenBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06+00mins 12.7secs M1
6. Jari-Matti LatvalaStobart VK Ford Focus WRC 05+00mins 16.5secs M2
7. Alex BenguePeugeot 307 WRC+00mins 24.0secs
8. Manfred StohlOMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRC+00mins 26.2secs
9. Stephane SarrazinSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+00mins 33.9secs M1
10. Petter SolbergSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+00mins 37.7secs M1

Overall times after SS5:

1. Sebastien LoebKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 061hour 37mins 24.5secs M1
2. Marcus GronholmBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06+00mins 27.7secs M1
3. Mikko HirvonenBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06+01mins 36.1secs M1
4. Alex BenguePeugeot 307 WRC+01mins 39.6secs
5. Daniel Sordo Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC+01mins 43.3secs
6. Xavier PonsKronos Citroen Xsara WRC 06+01mins 55.3secs M1
7. Jari-Matti LatvalaStobart VK Ford Focus WRC 05+02mins 10.9secs M2
8. Manfred StohlOMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRC+02mins 36.6secs
9. Stephane SarrazinSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+02mins 53.5secs M1
10. Jan KoeckyCzech RT Skoda Fabia WRC+03mins 10.9secs

11. Gigi GalliPirelli Bozian Peugeot 307 WRC+03mins 28.4secs
12. Petter SolbergSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+03mins 45.3secs M1
13. Harri RovanperaRed Bull Skoda Fabia WRC 06+05mins 04.1secs M2
14. Francois DuvalFirst Skoda Fabia WRC+05mins 31.4secs
15. Nicolas VouillozPeugeot 307 WRC+07mins 11.2secs
16. Andreas AignerRed Bull Skoda Fabia WRC 05+08mins 32.8secs M2
17. Kris Meeke Citroen C2 Super 1600+09mins 06.8secs J
18. Matthew WilsonStobart VK Ford Focus WRC 05+09mins 17.1secs M2
19. Urmo AavaSuzuki Swift S1600+09mins 53.3secs J
20. Brice TirabassiCitroen C2 Super 1600+11mins 12.5secs J

Overall JWRC after SS5:

1. Kris Meeke Citroen C2 Super 16001hour 46mins 31.3secs J
2. Urmo AavaSuzuki Swift S1600+00mins 46.5secs J
3. Brice TirabassiCitroen C2 Super 1600+02mins 05.7secs J

Notable retirements*:

SS5. Matthew WilsonStobart VK Ford Focus WRC 05Went off the road M2

* 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.

M1 - denotes Manufacturer 1 entry.
M2 - denotes Manufacturer 2 entry.
J - denotes Junior WRC entry.

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