Hyundai's Dani Sordo stormed into the Rally Mexico lead on Friday morning, while Sebastien Loeb established himself in third place on his World Rally Championship return. Having retired from Monte Carlo and not been entered for Sweden, Sordo's zero-point championship position meant he was a very favourable 10th of the 11 World Rally Cars on the road for Mexico's first gravel stages. Last year's Mexico winner Kris Meeke - seventh on the road - hit the front for Citroen initially on the Duarte-Derramadero stage, but back-to-back stage wins on the following El Chocolate and Ortega stages thrust Sordo to the front while Meeke felt his choice of two hard front tyres might have proved incorrect....
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