Triple world champion Sebastien Ogier seized the early lead at the Rally of Sardinia on Thursday as the Volkswagen driver won the opening super special at Alghero. The Frenchman completed the 2km course in 2min 0.4sec to edge out Estonia's Ott Tanak in a Ford Fiesta who along with Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala is just 0.3sec adrift. Ogier admitted earlier in the day that he may not complete this weekend's race and even has a private plane waiting to whisk him away to his pregnant wife, television presenter Andrea Kaiser go into labour. Their first child is due some time between the Italian race and the next one in Poland from July 1-3. For Friday's first day there are more than 100km over...
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