 After the first loop of Sunday's stages the gap was down to 1.4 seconds and a victory for Loeb was looking inevitable.Loeb was then initially handed a ten-second time penalty for a jump start at SS18  which meant that Latvala took a slender advantage of 2.2 seconds into the last stage.However, Loeb's pace was too strong and a further stage win meant that he won the rally by 12.7 seconds after his earlier time penalty was rescinded.