Sébastien Ogier led Rally Turkey at the midpoint of Saturday’s second leg after a titanic morning tussle with Thierry Neuville. Neuville retaliated to win the third in his Hyundai i20, leaving the margin between the pair at 1.6sec. “I had a better feeling during testing and I expected us to be more competitive and me to have a better balance with the car and going a bit faster. “The car is still in the forest and we have to wait until it gets back to the service park. Elfyn Evans bagged a trio of third fastest times to move to third from overnight fourth in his Yaris.

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