Rally Japan Top 8 (plus Matthew Wilson)
1: Sebastien Loeb (Kronos Citroen) 3h22m20.4s (Clinches record breaking 27th WRC win to emulate former team-mate Carlos Sainz as most successful WRC rally winner)
2: Marcus Gronholm (Ford) +5.6s (Fought back on Day 3 despite untidy driving on Day 2 ruining chance of victory)
3: Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) +02m46.5s (Ran as high as 2nd but dropped to 3rd for the whole event and stayed there)
4: Chris Atkinson (Subaru) +06m07.8s (Haunted by mechanical problems and car damage but best of the rest)
5: Stohl (OMV Peugeot) +07m10.7s (Steady 1st showing in Japan
6: Toshi Arai (Subaru) +09m05.1s (Good WRC showing since 2002 despite hurting a friend on stage 16)
7: Petter Solberg (Subaru) +11m43.7s (Haunted by mechanical problems all weekend but benefits from Sordos DQ for a seatbelt infanction, see here: http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~Sordo-excluded-after-seatbelt-infraction-~cid~4~id~136768.htmhttp://www.crash.net/news_view~t~Sor...raction-~cid~4 ~id~136768.htm )
8: Fumio Nutahara (Mitsubishi) +22m57.4s (1st in Production and scores 1st WRC point)
40: Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK Ford) +56m24s (Turbo charger failure on day 2 and off while letting Atkinson through sees the Brit lose 45 minutes. Worst WRC outing ever!!)

WRC Drivers Championship (Round 11/16)
1: Loeb (102)
2: Gronholm(69)
3: Sordo (41)
4: Hirvonen (33)
5: Stohl (2
6: P.Solberg (22)
7=: Gardemeister & H.Solberg (16)
9: Galli (15)
10: Atkinson (14)
11: Pons (11)
12: Bengue (9)
13: Kopecky (7)
14=: Carlsson, Sarrazin & Valimaki (6)
17=: Radstrom & Duval (4)
19=: Katajamaki, MacHale, Sohlberg, Aigner, Tuohino & Arai (3)
25=: Nutahara & Wilson (1)

WRC Manufacturers Championship (Round 11/16)
1. Kronos Citroen (132)
2. Ford (121)
3. Subaru (74)
4. OMV Peugeot (50)
5. Stobart VK Ford (29)
6. Red Bull Skoda (22)

Next WRC Event: Cyprus in 3 weeks
GP2 & F1 at Monza next week