Paolo Andreucci is the new leader of Rally d’Italia-Sardegna after going fastest through SS3, the 14.53-kilometre Gonnosnò stage. Driving a Peugeot Italia 207 Super 2000, the four-time national champion heads Kris Meeke by a mere one tenth of a second as the battle for victory on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier intensifies.
Jan Kopecký, who led after the opening stage, lost time with a front-right puncture, which the Czech feared had left his Škoda Fabia S2000 with possible suspension damage. He drops to fourth behind team-mate Juho Hänninen.
Franz Wittmann is fifth with Thierry Neuville climbing from eighth to sixth on this first gravel rally in a four-wheel drive car.
Teemu Arminen has dropped from fifth to seventh following a minor off, while Bruno Magalhães has slipped out of the top 10 with a brake problem in his Peugeot Sport Portugal 207.
Crews are now heading to the service halt in Simaxis, near Oristano.
| Pos. | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Andreucci Paolo / Andreussi Anna | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 29m37.9s |
| 02 | Meeke Kris / Nagle Paul | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +0.1s |
| 03 | Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +12.0s |
| 04 | Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +43.0s |
| 05 | Wittmann Franz / Wicha Klaus | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m06.6s |
| 06 | Neuville Thierry / Klinger Nicolas | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m13.0s |
| 07 | Arminen Teemu / Nikkola Tuomo | Subaru Impreza STI | +1m13.1s |
| 08 | Dedo / Daddoveri Massimo | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m54.3s |
| 09 | Ricci Luigi / Barone Maurizio | Subaru Impreza STI | +2m11.1s |
| 10 | Trentin Mauro / Zanella Flavio | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +2m37.8s |
| 11 | Magalhaes Bruno / Magalhaes Carlos | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +2m40.8s |
| 12 | Dettori Giuseppe / Corda Marco | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +2m42.3s |
| 13 | Batistini Daniele / Pisano Carlo | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +2m45.1s |
| 14 | Liceri Paolo / Atzei Mauro | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +3m09.9s |
| 15 | Piano / Cottu Paolo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +3m21.2s |