Kris Meeke held a comfortable lead at the end of the first day of the Rally Argentina on Friday with only 10 cars remaining in the event. The Briton, driving a Citroen, opened a one minute 08.4 seconds advantage over Norwegian teammate Mads Ostberg, also in a Citroen, at the end of the sixth stage. Meeke increased his gap to second placed man Jari-Matti Latvala on the Agua de Oro to Ascochinga test, after the Finn made inroads into the Northern Irishman's lead on the final stage of the morning. The Citroen driver then matched his VW rival's times through the first two splits of the Villa Bustos-Tanti stage, before Latvala dropped time in the third, one minute 23.5 seconds off the pace,...
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