Stage six: Makinen stays ahead

The Mitsubishi driver, who has won the last three championships, is in sixth position - just over three seconds ahead of championship rival Didier Auriol.

The Finnish driver leapfrogged Auriol after the Toyota driver lost time in the sixth stage.

Francois Delecour has taken overall lead of the San Remo rally after winning stage six.

The Peugeot driver set a time of 13m 17.7s to move ahead of Gilles Panizzi.

Panizzi finished fifth on the stage to drop down to second overall.

Marcus Gronholm set the second fastest time of the stage to remain third overall.

Philippe Bugalski is fourth overall, with British hopeful Colin McRae jumping up to fifth, while Richard Burns continues in eighth place overall.

A third Peugeot driver Marcus Gronholm is third, with Citroen's Philippe Bugalski in fourth.

Colin McRae is lying in fifth, while Richard Burns is struggling in eighth spot.

Overall positions after Day One:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time
1	F Delecour	Peugeot	1h 10.54.8
2	G Panizzi	Peugeot	1h 10.56.8
3	M Gronholm	Peugeot	1h 11.24.2
4	P Bugalski	Citroen	1h 11.24.7
5	C McRae	Ford	1h 11.30.4
6	T Makinen	Mitsubishi	1h 11.32.4
7	D Auriol	Toyota	1h 11.35.6
8	R Burns	Subaru	1h 11.49.9
9	A Aghini	Toyota	1h 11.50.8
10	F Loix	Mitsubishi	1h 11.51.8

Stage six times:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time
1	F Delecour	Peugeot	13.17.7
2	M Gronholm	Peugeot	13.20.8
3	T Makinen	Mitsubishi	13.22.5
4	P Bugalski	Citroen	13.22.6
5	G Panizzi	Peugeot	13.23.0
6	D Auriol	Toyota	13.24.2
7	C McRae	Ford	13.25.5
8	F Loix	Mitsubishi	13.27.1
9	A Aghini	Toyota	13.28.5
10	R Burns	Subaru	13.29.4