There were no upsets for the leading drivers on the penultimate stage of Rally Bulgaria, with overall leader Loeb taking a 29.4 second cushion into the final stage and the battle for second still raging between Dani Sordo and Petter Solberg.
Despite nearly stalling at a hairpin corner near the finish line, Petter was the fastest driver through SS13 - trimming Sordo’s advantage to 5.5 seconds before the decisive repeat pass through the 17km Slavovista.