Sebastien Ogier holds a narrow lead over Citroen team-mate Sebastien Loeb after the two runs through the Coffs Harbour superspecial that opened Rally Australia on Thursday evening.
Ogier was quickest on the first pass through the 3.77-kilometre asphalt stage by 0.7 seconds, with Loeb winning the second run by 0.1s, leaving Ogier ahead by 0.7s overall going into the start of the fully-fledged stages on Friday.
Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen are next up, followed by Petter Solberg’s self-run Citroen and Henning Solberg in the best of the Stobart Fords.
Leading positions after SS2: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Sebastien Ogier Citroen 5m27.3s 2. Sebastien Loeb Citroen + 0.6s 3. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford + 2.8s 4. Mikko Hirvonen Ford + 5.9s 5. Petter Solberg Solberg Citroen + 7.0s 6. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford + 9.8s 7. Evgeny Novikov Stobart Ford + 11.3s 8. Peter van Merksteijn Van Merksteijn Citroen + 11.9s 9. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford + 12.6s 10. Daniel Oliveira Brazil Mini + 18.7s
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