He won three of the four morning rough road gravel speed tests to build an advantage he defended this afternoon to head FIA World Championship leader Sébastien Ogier by 8.8sec. 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 by those ahead. But he maintained his pace in equal conditions this afternoon and earned the accolade of being the first New Zealander to lead a WRC round outside his home country. However, he survived a last stage scare. “Something broke on the right rear of the car with half the stage to go. Then in one corner the back of the car went sideways and hit a bank. We decided...
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