Friday 12 September A tight opening leg ended with Ogier grabbing the lead from Polo R team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala in the final stage, but things were so close that eight seconds covered the top five. The Frenchman led initially despite being first in the start order, but as conditions dried he bore the brunt of road sweeping and fell to fourth. Kris Meeke moved Citroën’s DS 3 to the front and headed Latvala until the penultimate stage, but both were edged out by Ogier in the final test. Latvala might well have led overnight had it not been for soft brakes in the opening stage. Andreas Mikkelsen snatched third in the final two short tests in Coffs Harbour as Meeke dropped to fourth,...
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