Rallye Monte Carlo: SS12.
SS12 - Labatie d'Andaure - Lalouvesc (19.67 km): Hirvonen fastest through SS12 to take his second stage win of the event and to move up to 4th overall; Petter Solberg second, just 0.8secs slower; Gronholm third - despite hitting a bridge and finishing the stage with a broken left rear wheel; Loeb and Kopecky joint fourth; Sordo sixth; Loeb leads the overall rally by 29.9 secs.
Stage times and overall standings after SS12.
Top ten stage times for SS12:
SS12 - Labatie d'Andaure - Lalouvesc (19.67 km): Hirvonen fastest through SS12 to take his second stage win of the event and to move up to 4th overall; Petter Solberg second, just 0.8secs slower; Gronholm third - despite hitting a bridge and finishing the stage with a broken left rear wheel; Loeb and Kopecky joint fourth; Sordo sixth; Loeb leads the overall rally by 29.9 secs.
Stage times and overall standings after SS12.
Top ten stage times for SS12:
1. Mikko HirvonenBP Ford Focus RS WRC 0610mins 45.1secs M
2. Petter SolbergSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+00mins 00.8secs M
3. Marcus GronholmBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06+00mins 04.9secs M
4. Sebastien LoebCitroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 07.9secs M
= Jan KopeckyCzech RT-Skoda Fabia WRC+00mins 07.9secs
6. Daniel SordoCitroen Total WRT C4 WRC+00mins 08.2secs M
7. Jari-Matti LatvalaStobart Ford Focus WRC 06+00mins 08.9secs M
8. Chris AtkinsonSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+00mins 09.3secs M
9. Toni GardemeisterMMSP Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 +00mins 12.7secs
10. Manfred StohlOMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC+00mins 15.0secs
Overall times after SS12:
1. Sebastien LoebCitroen Total WRT C4 WRC 2hrs 44mins 07.3secs M
2. Daniel SordoCitroen Total WRT C4 WRC+00mins 29.9secs M
3. Marcus GronholmBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06+01mins 15.8secs M
4. Mikko HirvonenBP Ford Focus RS WRC 06+02mins 47.0secs M
5. Chris AtkinsonSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+02mins 47.4secs M
6. Petter SolbergSubaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006+03mins 13.4secs M
7. Toni GardemeisterMMSP Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 +03mins 28.5secs
8. Jan KopeckyCzech RT-Skoda Fabia WRC+04mins 19.9secs
9. Jari-Matti LatvalaStobart Ford Focus WRC 06+04mins 34.2secs M
10. Jean-Marie CuoqPeugeot 307 WRC+05mins 24.5secs
11. Manfred StohlOMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC+06mins 16.4secs
12. Gareth MacHaleFord Focus WRC+09mins 41.9secs
13. Matthew WilsonStobart Ford Focus WRC 06+11mins 45.2secs
14. Frederic RomeyerPeugeot 206 WRC+12mins 13.7secs
15. Henning SolbergStobart Ford Focus WRC 06+13mins 00.2secs M
16. Eamonn BolandFord Focus WRC+19mins 10.9secs
17. Philippe RouxPeugeot 307 WRC+19mins 42.4secs
18. Olivier BurriSubaru Impreza+19mins 47.8secs N4
19. Martin ProkopCitroen C2+21mins 56.1secs A6
20. Luca BettiRenault Clio+24mins 03.5secs A6
Notable retirements*:
SS9. Andreas AignerRed Bull Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Mechanical. N4
M - denotes Manufacturer entry.
all times unofficial
