Results of first day. Andreucci and then also Scandola obviously suffered from sweeping but at least the championship gets more interesting...

1. Basso (Fiesta R5) 48:14,7
2. Campedelli (Fiesta R5 LPG) +12,5
3. Scandola (Fabia R5) +26,5
4. Colombini (Fabia R5) +26,9
5. Ceccoli (Fabia S2000) +2:01,3
6. Tempestini (Fiesta R5) +2:15,7
7. Hoelbling (Fabia R5) +2:37,9
8. Marchioro (208 T16 R5) +2:47,3
9. Ricci (Impreza STI gr.N) +2:52,4
10. Dalmazzini (207 S2000) +3:00

Von Thurn und Taxis in his rally premiere (with Fabia R5) 12th some 4,5 minutes down.