Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier has completed Saturday's opening loop of Rally Mexico with a comfortable lead, after his closest rival and team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala had to retire. Ogier began the second full-day of competition with a 13.5 second advantage and in the opening test, SS11 - the 30.27 km Ibarrilla 1 stage, the Frenchman was quickest, albeit only 0.2 seconds up on Latvala. Ogier then went quickest again in SS12 and with Latvala forced out – after hitting a bank and losing a wheel – he was left 50.5 seconds ahead of Citroen's Mads Ostberg. Ogier eventually ended the loop with 1 minute 8.3 seconds advantage and is seemingly on course for his third win of the season. Behind,...
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