Nicolas Vouilloz has won his first stage of Rallye Monte-Carlo.
Driving a factory-prepared Škoda Fabia S2000, Vouilloz was 1.2s faster through the Moulinet-La Bollene Vesubie stage – which was shown live on Eurosport – than Freddy Loix, who has moved into second place ahead of François Delecour.
Delecour said he “pushed to the maximum” but was still unable to prevent Bryan Bouffier from extending his overall lead to 48 seconds.
Stéphane Sarrazin has overtaken Guy Wilks for fourth in his Peugeot France 207.
Ex-Formula One driver Alex Caffi suffered a spin on the stage but maintains 12th in the overall standings.
Overall positions after SS10
| Pos. | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOUFFIER Bryan/PANSERI Xavier | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 2h49m16.8s |
| 2 | LOIX Freddy/MICLOTTE Frederic | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +48.1s |
| 3 | DELECOUR François/SAVIGNONI Dominique | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +59.0s |
| 4 | SARRAZIN Stéphane/RENUCCI Jacques-Julien | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m16.5s |
| 5 | WILKS Guy/PUGH Philip | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m18.1s |
| 6 | HANNINEN Juho/MARKKULA Mikko | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +2m11.6s |
| 7 | SOLBERG Petter/PATTERSON Chris | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +3m34.2s |
| 8 | VOUILLOZ Nicolas/VEILLAS Benjamin | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +5m24.8s |
| 9 | KOPECKY Jan/STARY Petr | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +7m46.6s |
| 10 | GARDEMEISTER Toni/TUOMINEN Tomi | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +8m34.3s |
| 11 | BASSO Giandomenico/DOTTA Mitia | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +9m12.9s |
| 12 | CAFFI Alex/PEROGLIO Roberto | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +11m34.2s |
| 13 | MAURIN Julien/URAL Olivier | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +12m09.0s |
| 14 | GONON Florian/ARLETTAZ Sandra | Subaru Impreza STI | +13m09.1s |
| 15 | BURRI Michael/REY Stéphane | Citroën DS3 R3 | +21m01.6s |