Dani Sordo strengthened his lead at Rally Italia Sardegna on Saturday in his pursuit of back-to-back victories on the Mediterranean island. The Spaniard completed the penultimate leg of this sixth round of the FIA World Rally Championship with a 27.4s advantage. In a frantic battle behind, Sébastien Ogier edged Thierry Neuville in the day’s final speed test to reclaim second. Sordo, who scored a dramatic last-gasp victory in 2019, won one of the six gravel speed tests in the north of the island in a Hyundai i20. But that was enough to stretch his overnight advantage by 10s with Sunday’s short finale remaining. “It’s a good feeling to be here,” he said. “This afternoon I was...
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