Citroen driver Sebastien Loeb heads into the third and final day of Rally Finland 2012 with a 5-second lead over teammate Mikko Hirvonen after maintaining his advantage on Friday afternoon.
Ford drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg are only a second away from each other but 20 seconds behind the Eight-time world champion and his teammate.
Having moved up to sixth place after Thierry Neuville’s SS11 accident, Ott Tanak is currently mounting some pressure on fifth-placed Mads Ostberg who holds a 26-second gap over the M-Sport Ford driver.
The remaining 4 positions of the top 10 have been dominated by the Ford Fiestas of Jari Ketomaa, Matti Rantane, Martin Prokop and Ken Block.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen 1h20m30.4s 2. Mikko Hirvonen Citroen + 5.0s 3. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford + 20.3s 4. Petter Solberg Ford + 21.4s 5. Mads Ostberg Adapta Ford + 47.7s 6. Ott Tanak M-Sport Ford + 1m36.4s 7. Jari Ketomaa Autotek Ford + 2m28.3s 8. Matti Rantanen M-Sport Ford + 2m47.4s 9. Martin Prokop Czech Ford + 3m18.4s 10. Ken Block Monster Ford + 4m47.0s