Les deux premières spéciales se sont déroulées dans le stade Chateau Carreras de Cordoba : deux passages dans la super spéciale, Petter emporte la première et Marcus la seconde et prend ainsi la tête du général. RDV à 13h33 pour la première spéciale du jour. Le Classement :
1. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4mins 52.8secs M1
2. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 01.8secs M1
3. Sebastien Loeb Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC 06 +00mins 02.4secs M1
= Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +00mins 02.4secs M1
5. Gigi Galli Pirelli Bozian Peugeot 307 WRC +00mins 03.7secs
6. Manfred Stohl OMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRC +00mins 05.2secs M2
7. Xavier Pons Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC 06 +00mins 05.5secs M1
= Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +00mins 05.5secs M1
9. Henning Solberg OMV Peugeot Norway 307 WRC +00mins 06.5secs M2
10. Matthew Wilson Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 05 +00mins 07.2secs M2
11. Daniel Sordo Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +00mins 07.9secs
12. Gareth MacHale Ford Focus WRC 04 +00mins 11.7secs M2
13. Luis Perez Companc Stobart VK Ford Focus WRC 05 +00mins 12.6secs M2
Marcus : « It was an incredible atmosphere inside the stadium. The fans were jumping up and down with excitement but I’m afraid I missed the fireworks – I was too busy looking where I was going! The surface was quite slippery in places but I enjoyed the experience. Now the real business starts tomorrow morning.«
