After the days opening loop of four stages, it is Petter Solberg who leads the WRC field after Mikko Hirvonen suffered a BIG cras on SS4 to end his rally. the crew are reportedly okay.
Jari-Matti Latvala now flies the flag for the factory Ford team, and is lying in a very strong second.
Dani Sordo is also on a charge, making the most of his favourable running order to be in third place and only 5.1sec behind Petter Solberg.
The top six are:
1-Petter Solberg
2-Latvala +1.3
3-Sordo +5.1
4-Ogier +11.8
5-Loeb +18.9
6-Henning +23.0.
Rally action continues early this afternoon.