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Jari-Matti Latvala leads in Finland!

Update after SS8

By Franck Drui

30 July 2010 - 15:23

Jari-Matti Latvala moved into a slender lead of Neste Oil Rally Finland on SS7, and he extended his advantage to 7.9sec on SS8.

A stage win for the Ford Focus RS driver on SS7 was enough to edge him ahead of Petter Solberg by 2.7sec, but on SS8 he pulled another five seconds clear.

Sebastien Ogier remains third, 12.8sec adrift of Solberg, while Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo are tied in fourth, 11.1sec further back.

Stobart M-Sport Ford team driver Henning Solberg retired after rolling his Focus 1.5km from the start line. The Norwegian had been sixth overall.

Overall standings after SS8:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	57m51.8s
02	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+7.9s
03	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+20.7s
04	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	+31.8s
05	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+31.8s
06	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+2m06.5s
07	Juha KANKKUNEN	Ford Focus WRC	+2m39.8s
08	Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+2m46.3s
09	Juho HÄNNINEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+2m57.5s
10	Matti RANTANEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+3m32.3s
11	Per Gunnar ANDERSSON	Skoda Fabia S2000	+3m49.3s
12	Patrik SANDELL	Skoda Fabia S2000	+3m53.4s
13	Mads ÖTSBERG	Subaru Impreza WRC	+4m08.4s
14	Toni GARDEMEISTER	Ford Fiesta S2000	+4m24.1s
15	Martin PROKOP	Ford Fiesta S2000	+4m38.2s