He headed team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala by 9.5sec, while Andreas Mikkelsen completed a Volkswagen Polo R 1-2-3 a further 25.4sec back in this ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Ogier’s statistical dominance doesn’t tell the full story of an intriguing day on asphalt close to the Belgian border and in the Mosel vineyards near Trier. He won the first two stages but Latvala claimed the third and ended the morning a tenth of a second ahead. But the Frenchman fine-tuned his car’s set-up and won all four afternoon tests to regain the initiative and pull clear. “I had a great afternoon, it was really good fun. It’s a long time since I pushed so hard on asphalt. I found a...
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