Monte Carlo standings after Stage 9

[Moderator's note -- this article delayed due to temporary problems at MNI]

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Classification after the 9th stage:

pos. Numb. Driver Brand time gap to leader

1 1 MAKINEN MITSU 2.28.19 0.00 2 5 SAINZ FORD 2.28.23 0.04 3 4 LIATTI SUBARU 2.28.34 0.15 4 6 SCHWARZ FORD 2.31.12 2.53 4 7 AURIOL FORD 2.32.27 4.08 6 11 DEPPING FORD 2.35.12 6.53 7 2 NITTEL MITSU 2.35.28 7.09 8 10 BURRI SUBARU 2.39.37 11.18 9 15 LUNDGAARD TOYOTA 2.40.13 11.54 10 23 TRELLES MITSU 2.41.32 13.13 11 9 HOLDERIED TOYOTA 2.41.38 13.19 12 24 STOHL MITSU 2.42.19 14.00 13 25 KREMER MITSU 2.42.22 14.03 14 21 SIBERA SKODA 2.42.58 14.39 (1ts F2) 15 20 TRINER SKODA 2.43.41 15.22 16 16 BARONI FORD 2.43.48 15.29 17 18 PONCE SEAT 2.45.11 16.52 18 18 ROVANPERA SEAT 2.45.37 17.18 19 17 GOMEZ SEAT 2.47.53 19.34 20 19 NARISHKINE VW 3.04.25 36.06 21 8 LOIX TOYOTA 3.04.47 36.28 (25"34 delay in 9th stage) 22 22 GASSNER PROTON 3.08.30 40.11

Retired drivers: 21 3 McRAE SUBARU 1.39.21 26.26 --- (after ES 7)

Scratchs: ES Driver Driver Number of scratchs 1 Loix Liatti 4 2 Sainz Loix 2 3 Makinen Sainz 1 4 Liatti Makinen 1 5 Loix Schwarz 1 6 Liatti 7 Liatti 8 Schwarz 9 Liatti

Loix went out of the road in the 9th stage. As he doesn't has reverse gear (damaged on his previous accident in the 7th stage) he lost a lot of time. Makinen and Schwarz spun on this stage but without losing much time. Auriol had a problem with the tyres (miscommunication with the team, so they cut the tyres the wrong way).

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