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Rally d'Italia: SS4 - Galli sets pace.

Fri 16 May, 03:43 PM


Gigi Galli takes his first stage win of the event in front of his home fans.

SS4 - Monte Corvos 2 (16.43 km): Galli fastest through SS4; Latvala second; Petter Solberg third; Sordo fourth; Loeb and Hirvonen joint fifth; Villagra hit a rock; Gardemeister lost time at TC with a hydraulics problem; Al Qassimi retired from the leg - ripped a wheel off; Prokop heads the JWRC category; Loeb leads the event overall by 22 seconds.

Stage times and overall standings after SS4.

Top ten stage times for SS4:

1. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 11mins 07.3secs MT

2. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 01.5secs M

3. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 03.9secs M

4. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 08.5secs M

5. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 09.0secs M

= Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 09.0secs M

7. Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 10.7secs MT

8. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 11.1secs M

9. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +00mins 12.4secs A8

10. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +00mins 18.5secs M

Overall times after SS4:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 57mins 32.8secs M

2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 22.0secs M

3. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 38.8secs M

4. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 39.2secs M

5. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 40.9secs M

6. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 07.6secs MT

7. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +01mins 14.9secs A8

8. Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 23.6secs MT

9. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +01mins 30.0secs M

10. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +01mins 30.1secs M

11. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +01mins 44.4secs M

12. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +02mins 31.3secs MT

13. Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +02mins 38.7secs A8

14. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +03mins 08.0secs MT

15. Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC +03mins 54.1secs A8

16. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +05mins 52.4secs J

17. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 +05mins 55.8secs J

18. Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 +06mins 07.7secs J

19. Jaan Molder Suzuki Swift S1600 +06mins 42.0secs J

20. Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3 +06mins 55.2secs J

Overall JWRC after SS4:

1. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 1hour 03mins 25.2secs J

2. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 +00mins 03.4secs J

3. Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 +00mins 15.3secs J

Notable retirements:

SS2. Andreas Mikkelsen Ramsport-Ford Focus RS WRC Rolled. A8

SS2. Peter van Merksteyn Ford Focus RS WRC Rolled. A8

SS4. Khalid Al-Qassimi BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 Lost a wheel. A8

* denotes elected/able to re-start under SupeRally format.

M - denotes Manufacturer entry.

MT - denotes Manufacturer Team entry.

J - denotes Junior WRC entry.

all times unofficial