After snatching the lead from Sebastien Loeb this morning, Sebastien Ogier managed to extend his lead to 32.2 seconds over his compatriot on the day’s afternoon stages.
Unable to keep up with the Volkswagen driver, Sebastien Loeb has been in battle with Ogier’s teammate Jari-Matti Latvala who lost second position to the Frenchman after an intercom problem. The Finn is only 1.5 seconds behind Loeb.
With only one superspecial stage remaining for this evening, Ogier goes into the third day with an almost certain lead.
Mads Ostberg is in fourth place, only nine seconds behind Latvala, and is ready to join the fight for second-place, while teammate Evgeny Novikov holds fifth place, almost one minute behind the leading driver.
Citroen drivers Dani Sordo and Mikko Hirvonen are both out of contention for points; the former having drifted off course on SS6, while the latter rolled out from fifth place this morning.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Sebastien Ogier VW 1h14m23.1s 2. Sebastien Loeb Citroen + 32.2s 3. Jari-Matti Latvala VW + 33.7s 4. Mads Ostberg Qatar M-Sport Ford + 42.8s 5. Evgeny Novikov Qatar M-Sport Ford + 1m12.1s 6. Pontus Tidemand PTM Ford + 1m22.6s 7. Juho Hanninen Qatar M-Sport Ford + 1m48.7s 8. Thierry Neuville Qatar M-Sport Ford + 2m01.3s 9. Henning Solberg M-Sport Ford + 3m23.9s 10. Martin Prokop Czech Ford + 4m39.9s