Wales Rally: Ogier takes lead ahead of final day

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News ID: 29841
Publish Date: 10:44 - 07 October 2018
TEHRAN, October 07 -Reigning champion Sebastien Ogier has taken the lead at day three of the Rally of Wales after Toyota's Ott Tanak retired with mechanical problems, ending his hopes of a fourth win in succession.

Wales Rally: Ogier takes lead ahead of final dayTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC)-Reigning champion Sebastien Ogier has taken the lead at day three of the Rally of Wales after Toyota's Ott Tanak retired with mechanical problems, ending his hopes of a fourth win in succession.

Tanak, who had arrived in North Wales on the back of victories in Finland, Germany and Turkey was leading Ogier by 41 seconds when he stopped at Stage 16 due to mechanical problems which forced him to retire from the race.

Ogier finished 5.5 seconds ahead of Toyota's Jari-Matti Latvala and a further 5.3 seconds in front of Esapekka Lappi.

Meanwhile, championships leader Thierry Neuville of Belgium finished in 8th place. The Belgian leads in the three-way championship race, 13 points ahead of Tanak and 23 ahead of Ogier.

Source:presstv

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