Sebastien Ogier stormed into an early lead of the World Rally Championship's first full asphalt rally of the season in Corsica, while Sebastien Loeb crashed on the second stage. Nine-time champion Loeb's hopes of victory in the second of his three planned 2018 outings with Citroen came to an abrupt end on the second stage of the morning when he put his C3 in a ditch just moments after the start of the test. He had been second on the opening test to Ogier, who was 9.7 seconds faster than his countryman on the 30-mile stage. Citroen reported Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena were OK, but has not said whether they will return. With Loeb's crash, M-Sport Ford Fiesta driver Ogier was able to...
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