Petter Solberg, driving a Citroën Xsara WRC car, won the first stage of the rally.

The highest placed Norwegian driver was Henning Solberg in fourth, who was in a tight battle for the position with Dani Sordo.

Both were under pressure from Swede P-G Andersson, on board a privately entered Škoda Fabia WRC, who passed Solberg at SS7 Finnskogen 2.

He was in a tight battle with Matthew Wilson of Great Britain, who finished in seventh place, ahead of Urmo Aava in eighth who collected his first point of the season.

[1][2] This rally marks the opening Round of the PWRC Season and as the WRC supporting event.