Sebastien Ogier defied the disadvantage of running first on the road to lead Rally Poland after the first day of proper stages, overhauling the star of the morning Ott Tanak. After Ogier had won Thursday night’s superspecial, his VW teammate Andreas Mikkelsen set the pace on the opening true gravel stage of the event, but was quickly toppled by Tanak’s pace in his M-Sport Fiesta. Tanak benefited from his running order position, helped by 10 cars ahead of him sweeping the gravel roads, and he pulled out a 9.3s lead over the morning’s stages. Mikkelsen held second, ahead of Ogier – who runs first on the road – and the third Polo of Jari-Matti Latvala. Kris Meeke’s Citroen and the...
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