Bruno Magalhães has underlined his dominance of Sata Rallye Açores by winning the repeat of the spectacular Sete Cidades stage to extend his lead over Jan Kopecký to 13.3s.
He was 0.1s faster than fellow Peugeot 207 driver Kris Meeke, who has leapfrogged Andreas Mikkelsen into fourth overall.
Crews are now returning to service in Ponta Delgada. There are three stages remaining before the overnight halt.
Overall positions after SS9:
1) Bruno Magalhães 1h08m00.7s
2) Jan Kopecký +13.3s
3) Juho Hänninen +17.1s
4) Kris Meeke +41.4s
5) Andreas Mikkelsen +41.8s
6) Bernardo Sousa +1m47.3s