Sebastien Loeb has taken the Rally Argentina lead this morning following a mistake by Volkswagen rival Sebastien Ogier on SS7 which sent his car off track and eventually cost the Frenchman 44.5 seconds.
Ogier was running in a comfortable first place having went quickest in SS6, but the error has now put him third overall, 9 seconds behind Mikko Hirvonen who moved up to second place.
Jari-Matti Latvala maintains fourth place, he’s less than a minute behind the lead; Evgeny Novikov meanwhile is the best-placed M-Sport Ford in fifth followed by Andreas Mikkelsen in sixth.
Leading positions after SS7: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen 2h42m58.1s 2. Mikko Hirvonen Citroen + 8.9s 3. Sebastien Ogier VW + 26.3s 4. Jari-Matti Latvala VW + 44.8s 5. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Ford + 1m55.4s 6. Andreas Mikkelsen VW + 2m34.1s 7. Thierry Neuville M-Sport Ford + 2m41.1s 8. Martin Prokop Czech Ford + 9m23.9s 9. Mads Ostberg M-Sport Ford + 10m21.7s 10. Dani Sordo Citroen + 12m03.3s