Several front-runners ran into problems on stage eleven.
Citroën's defending world champion
Sébastien Loeb lost over a minute and dropped from third to fourth due to a puncture. His fifth-placed teammate
Dani Sordo lost even more time and positions with a turbo problem. Eighth-placed
Stobart driver
Henning Solberg's day ended after he went off the road and broke his
Ford Focus WRC's right-hand front suspension, and
Citroën Junior Team's
Conrad Rautenbach retired after the stage from tenth place with a damper failure. The rally leader
Jari-Matti Latvala of
Ford also spun during the stage, but escaped without damage. Latvala led the event from start to finish, taking Ford's first win since the one-two at the
2008 Rally Japan. His teammate
Mikko Hirvonen was less than ten seconds behind after two days and supposed to benefit from running behind Latvala on the road, but dust clouds and the resulting hampered visibility suddenly forced him to settle for second. Ford boss
Malcolm Wilson decided against applying team orders. Loeb, whose record-equaling six win streak came to an end, took the third place back by passing
Petter Solberg, but was later given a two-minute penalty for a safety rule violation; co-driver
Daniel Elena unfastened his safety belts before the crew stopped the car for a tire change (after the puncture on SS11). Loeb escaped a disqualification as the stewards considered the infringement less severe because it had happened while they were not driving at a competitive pace. Citroën Junior Team's 18-year-old
Evgeny Novikov finished fifth, taking his career first points-finish. Stobart's
Matthew Wilson took sixth place despite hydraulic problems that slowed him down on day one. After
Khalid al-Qassimi had run into several problems while heading for career-best seventh place, the battle for the position was between two Norwegians who had had troublesome rallies, both losing about ten minutes and re-joining the event under
SupeRally rules. Henning Solberg chased down
Mads Østberg throughout the last day but only got within 0.6 seconds.
Nasser Al-Attiyah edged out
Patrik Sandell on the last stage to take the honours in the
Production World Rally Championship, while the win in the
Junior World Rally Championship went to
Martin Prokop. == Results ==