Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala in a Volkswagen Polo continues to lead the Rally of Portugal after two days of racing but French world champion and teammate Sebastien Ogier closed the gap on Saturday. Ogier began the day in sixth place, but turned in a strong showing in the region east of Porto, to slash Latvala's lead to 9.5 seconds heading into Sunday's final day. British driver Kris Meeke, in a Citroen DS3, drops to third and 20 seconds behind Latvala. Ogier came into the weekend with a 30 point lead over Norwegian Mads Ostberg in the championship standings while Latvala began the rally in ninth overall but 62 points adrift. Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen-Ola Floene (Volkswagen) and Estonian...
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