Advertising Here's how it unfolded: Thursday 11 / Friday 12 June The event started with two surprises. Firstly, Ford privateer Martin Prokop won Thursday night’s super special stage. Secondly, after Friday's first full day of competition, Hyundai's Hayden Paddon shocked the expected pacesetters to lead the event, becoming the first New Zealander to lead a WRC round outside his home country. Paddon headed Championship leader Sébastien Ogier's Volkswagen by 8.8sec while Jari-Matti Latvala was 25.8sec behind in third. Paddon’s low start position gave him a morning advantage of roads swept clean of loose gravel and he won three of the four morning stages to build an advantage he defended...
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