Gronholm leads Swedish Rally

Finland's Marcus Gronholm has the lead after the first full day of the Swedish Rally. The Finn took his Ford Focus into an 11.3 seconds lead over Citroen's triple world champion Sebastien Loeb. Subaru's Petter Solberg was in third place, 22.6 seconds back.

Standings after Special Stage 8
1 Marcus Gronholm (Fin) Ford 1 hour 5 minutes 21.300 seconds
2 Sebastien Loeb (Fra) Citroen 1:05:32.400
3 Petter Solberg (Nor) Subaru 1:05:43.900
4 Henning Solberg (Nor) Ford 1:05:49.200
5 Mikko Hirvonen (Fin) Ford 1:05:52.300
6 Toni Gardemeister (Fin) Mitsubishi 1:05:56.200
7 Daniel Carlsson (Swe) Citroen 1:06:04.400
8 Manfred Stohl (Aut) Citroen 1:06:26.300
9 Chris Atkinson (Aus) Subaru 1:06:30.100
10 Jari-Matti Latvala (Fin) Ford 1:07:01.900