Although Paddon carved into the Frenchman's advantage in the snowy forest speed tests, Ogier repelled the Kiwi to hold a 17.1sec lead in his Volkswagen Polo R with just the live TV Power Stage remaining tomorrow afternoon.Up to 10cm of snow filled the forests overnight and the slippery surface was bad news for road opener Ogier. He ploughed a clean line which Paddon, starting six cars further back, took advantage of to pile on the pressure.Although Ogier won the opening speed test to widen the margin to more than half a minute, the snow was deeper in the following test and Paddon cut the deficit to 8.8sec on his debut in Hyundai's 2016-specification i20.Despite a heart-stopping sideways...
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