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Six-times World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb will take an 55.5sec lead into Sunday's third and final day of Rally Mexico after a dominating performance today during which he won eight of nine Special Stages.
The Citroen C4 WRC driver began today's competition in third place but attacked hard from the off, making the most of an advantageous road position to spring into the lead by the second stage.
From then on he pulled further ahead with every stage, eventually building a cushion he believes will be sufficient to counteract the disadvantage of running first on the road through the remaining 51.49 kilometres of stage distance.
Petter Solberg, also driving a Citroen C4 WRC, is second. Despite a trouble-free run today the Norwegian, who heads his own rally team, was unable to hold onto his Friday night lead because of running first through today's slippery gravel stages.
Citroen Junior team driver Sebastien Ogier ended the day third, 2.7sec behind Solberg, after pulling a tactical move on SS16 he believes will help him catch Petter on Sunday.
BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen are fourth and fifth respectively, but more than 45 seconds behind the Citroen trio who between them have won every stage so far.
Rally of Mexico – Classification after Day 2 :
1. Sebastien Loeb (Citroen C4)in 3h08’49’’6
2. Petter Solberg (Citroen C4) + 55.5s
3. Sebastien Ogier (Citroen C4)+ 58.2s
4. Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford Focus) + 1m43.9s
5. Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Focus) + 1m59.9s
6. Henning Solberg (Ford Focus) + 2m25.2s
7. Federico Villagra (Ford Focus) + 9m11.8s
8. Martin Prokop (Ford Focus) + 16m28.0s
Etc.
Six-times World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb will take an 55.5sec lead into Sunday's third and final day of Rally Mexico after a dominating performance today during which he won eight of nine Special Stages.
The Citroen C4 WRC driver began today's competition in third place but attacked hard from the off, making the most of an advantageous road position to spring into the lead by the second stage.
From then on he pulled further ahead with every stage, eventually building a cushion he believes will be sufficient to counteract the disadvantage of running first on the road through the remaining 51.49 kilometres of stage distance.
Petter Solberg, also driving a Citroen C4 WRC, is second. Despite a trouble-free run today the Norwegian, who heads his own rally team, was unable to hold onto his Friday night lead because of running first through today's slippery gravel stages.
Citroen Junior team driver Sebastien Ogier ended the day third, 2.7sec behind Solberg, after pulling a tactical move on SS16 he believes will help him catch Petter on Sunday.
BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen are fourth and fifth respectively, but more than 45 seconds behind the Citroen trio who between them have won every stage so far.
Rally of Mexico – Classification after Day 2 :
1. Sebastien Loeb (Citroen C4)in 3h08’49’’6
2. Petter Solberg (Citroen C4) + 55.5s
3. Sebastien Ogier (Citroen C4)+ 58.2s
4. Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford Focus) + 1m43.9s
5. Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Focus) + 1m59.9s
6. Henning Solberg (Ford Focus) + 2m25.2s
7. Federico Villagra (Ford Focus) + 9m11.8s
8. Martin Prokop (Ford Focus) + 16m28.0s
Etc.