Ogier stretches Rally Australia lead
ByAutoSport
Updated 13/09/2014 at 12:25 GMT
Sebastien Ogier will take an 11.8-second lead over Volkswagen team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala into the final day of Rally Australia.
French driver Sebastien Ogier slides his Volkswagen through a corner during the ninth special stage of the World Rally Championship (WRC) Rally of Australia, near Macksville on the New South Wales central coast on September 13, 2014 (AFP)
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Ogier won both runnings of the Saturday evening superspecial to further stretch the advantage he had opened up during the day's second loop.
Latvala ended the leg despondent, convinced he had thrown away a big chance when he went onto the long Nambucca stage with soft tyres all round in expectation of rain that never materialised.
VW's one-two-three order was restored on the superspecial, as Andreas Mikkelsen went quick enough to repass Kris Meeke for third. The pair will begin the final day just 1.5s apart.
Further back, Thierry Neuville did not lose much time on the superspecials from the car damage he sustained on the previous stage, and remains 6.6s ahead of Elfyn Evans in eighth.
Damage picked up by Robert Kubica on SS12 was more time-consuming as he limped through the superspecials in a very battered M-Sport Ford. He is still 10th, but now a minute behind Evans.
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