Provisional classification Rally World Championship

Hirvonen, Loeb, leading the FIA, World Championship (Clasification) After the unexpected exclusion of Petter Solberg in Rally of France, the drivers have been very close. The third position of Finn Mikko Hirvonen in the last rally allowed him to tie with the Citroen driver, Sebastien Loeb, the highest overall standings with 196 points. The winner of the French test was Sébastien Ogier, which cut the gap to the two leaders and now has 193 points, six below. In point of equipment, with 372 points Citroën leads the constructors' Ford followed with 50 points less. Spanish driver Dani Sordo, WRC Team Mini team, with too much confidence in the RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada after finishing second in the Rally of France.  Provisional classification of the FIA, World Rally Pilots 1-Sébastien Loeb (France / Citroen), 196 points  1-Mikko Hirvonen (Finland / Ford), 196 points  3-Sébastien Ogier (France / Citroen), 193 points  4-Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland / Ford), 131 points  5-Petter Solberg (Norway / Citroën), 110 points  6-Mads Ostberg (Norway / Ford), 62 points 7-Matthew Wilson (GB / Ford), 53 points  8-Dani Sordo (Spain / Mini), 43 points  9-Henning Solberg (Norway / Ford), 40 points  10-Kimi Raikkonen (Finland / Citroën), 34 points Builders  1 - Citroën Total, 372 points  2 - Ford Abu Dhabi, 318 points  3 - Stobart M-Sport Ford, 133 points  4 - Petter Solberg, 98 points  5 - Firm Power Tools, 34 points  5 - Team Abu Dhabi, 34 points  7 - Munchi 's Ford, 32 points  8 - Monster, 19 points  9 - Van Merksteijn Motorsport, 12 points  10 - Brazil World Rally Team, 1 point

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