After Loeb setting the quickest time in Qualifying, he got first choice for road position. The Frenchman picked 14. hoping for a clear line and no dust issues like last year. New Asia Pacific Rally Champion Chris Atkinson will be the man first on the road when  WRC Rally Spain gets under way. The Rally will  start with the 7.0km gravel Stage 1 Gandesa at 0745.

Road Order for Day 1: Atkinson, Oliveira, Nikara, Weijs, Prokop, Tänak, Østberg,
Sordo, Neuville, Solberg, Latvala, Hirvonen, Novikov, Loeb, Alkuwari, Powell,
Nobre, Ogier.