Saturday – 11.00am

In spite of their clutch problems on the opening two stages of Rallye Sunseeker, Marcus Dodd/Andrew Bargery have moved into the lead of the event in their Hyundai Accent WRC and, after five stages have opened up a 10-second gap over the Peugeot Cosworth of Andy Burton/Shelley Rogerson. Stephen Moore/Tony McHugh (Ford Focus WRC) have moved up to 3 rd and Will Nicholls/Nick Broom (Subaru Impreza WRC) 4 th .David Bogie/Kevin Rae have put their Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9 into 5 th place to lead the race for Group N honours, with Nik Elsmore/Paul Wakeley's similar car just a handful of seconds behind.

Two leading Group N Subaru Imprezas have already bitten the dust - Tristan Pye/Kirsty Riddick were forced to retire after hitting a tree and Roger Chilman/Andrew Sankey's rally is run following a fire on board their example.

Competitors are now heading for the first service of the day at the Elliotthire Canford Arena, having had a run through the stage at Somerley Park where a collection of MG Metro 6R4s are also on display.

Top Ten After 5 Stages :

1. Marcus Dodd/Andrew Bargery Hyundai Accent WRC 19m45.6s

2. Andy Burton/Shelley Rogerson Peugeot Cosworth 19m56.3s

3. Stephen Moore/Tony McHugh Ford Focus WRC 20m20.8s

4. Will Nicholls/Nick Broom Subaru Impreza WRC 20m28.9s

5. David Bogie/Kevin Rae Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9 20m42.2s

6. Nik Elsmore/Paul Wakeley Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9 20m49.5s

7. Alan Cookson/Julian Wilkinson Subaru Impreza WRC 20m49.7s

8. Neil McCance/Graham Hopewell Mitsubishi Lancer EVO9 20m52.9s

9. Sean Devine/Damien Duffin Subaru Impreza WRC 20m53.7s

10. Jon Ingram/Ian Allsop Subaru Impreza WRC 20m55.2s

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