The Welshman had trailed Sebastien Ogier by 6.5 seconds following this morning’s first four mountain stages before the leading pair traded places when the action switched to Monza circuit after lunch.It was a day of contrasting fortunes for Evans who wasn’t at his best on the closed-roads north of Bergamo only to find an extra gear around the famous ‘Cathedral of Speed’ a few hours later. The turning point came on SS5 as Evans moved to within eight tenths of a second of Ogier who, it later emerged, had driven most of 'Cinturato 1' with the brakes on his Yaris World Rally Car not functioning. Evans built on his new-found momentum alongside Scott Martin on the day’s penultimate...
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