Jari-Matti Latvala will take a lead of 9.5 seconds into the final day of Rally Portugal, as Volkswagen teammate Sebastien Ogier surged to second place with a trio of stage wins. An early puncture on Friday had left reigning champion Ogier almost 30 seconds off leader Latvala in sixth, but wasted no time in making up for lost ground despite continuing to assume road-sweeping duties for a second day in succession. The Frenchman made up two places on the first stage of the morning at the expense of Ott Tanak and Dani Sordo to move into fourth, steadily reducing the deficit to Latvala in the following stages. Ogier then came to life in the afternoon, winning all three tests to leapfrog first...
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