Two from two for Jari-Matti Latvala.

SS8 - Monte Lerno 1 (29.31 km): Latvala fastest through SS8; Hirvonen second; Loeb third; Galli fourth; Sordo fifth; Atkinson sixth; Petter Solberg had a puncture and had to stop and change it - lost over 4.5 minutes; Sandell retired from leg - damaged wheel, steering and driveshaft; Prokop heads the JWRC category; Loeb leads the event overall by 47.9 seconds.

Stage times and overall standings after SS8.

Top ten stage times for SS8:

1. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 19mins 46.3secs M

2. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 05.4secs M

3. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 10.8secs M

4. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +00mins 18.8secs MT

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

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +00mins 35.5secs M

7. Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC +00mins 39.5secs A8

8. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +00mins 40.9secs M

9. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +00mins 43.8secs A8

10. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +00mins 48.4secs M

Overall times after SS8:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 2hours 03mins 05.6secs M

2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 47.9secs M

3. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +00mins 48.8secs M

4. Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi Focus RS WRC 07 +01mins 07.2secs M

5. Gigi Galli Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +01mins 19.9secs MT

6. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +01mins 39.3secs M

7. Henning Solberg Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +02mins 56.5secs MT

8. Urmo Aava PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +03mins 10.7secs A8

9. Toni Gardemeister Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +03mins 53.8secs M

10. P-G Andersson Suzuki WRT SX4 WRC +03mins 56.7secs M

11. Conrad Rautenbach PH Sport-Citroen C4 WRC +05mins 22.4secs A8

12. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 07 +05mins 29.0secs MT

13. Federico Villagra Munchi's Ford Focus WRC 07 +05mins 42.9secs MT

14. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2007 +06mins 00.4secs M

15. Mads Ostberg Adapta-Subaru Impreza WRC +06mins 29.6secs A8

16. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 +12mins 34.2secs J

17. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 +12mins 42.0secs J

18. Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3 +14mins 25.8secs J

19. Shaun Gallagher Citroen C2 S1600 +17mins 08.2secs J

20. Alessandro Broccoli Renault Clio R3 +17mins 33.8secs A7

Overall JWRC after SS8:

1. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 S1600 2hours 15mins 39.8secs J

2. Michal Kosciuszko Suzuki Swift S1600 +00mins 07.8secs J

3. Alessandro Bettega Renault Clio R3 +01mins 51.6secs 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