Five-time world champion Sebastien Ogier flirted with disaster when avoiding a dead dog on his way to seizing control of the Rally of Mexico on Saturday. But a puncture deflated the hopes of his French compatriot Sebastien Loeb. Loeb, a nine-time former champion, is competing in three legs of the 2018 championship, and he was leading the way until the mishap to his Citroen C3 dropped him to fifth. After Saturday's third day Loeb was lying 2min 19sec behind Ogier, who reeled off wins in five of the day's six special stages. Ogier himself also had a near miss on the hazardous Mexican roads. "There was a dead dog, and another that seemed to be watching over him. I had to break sharply...
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