Rallying: Ogier on verge of breaking Wales duck

Rallying: Ogier on verge of breaking Wales duck
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Summary Sebastien Ogier will take a lead of 20.3 seconds into the final day of Wales Rally GB.

DEESIDE (AFP) - World champion Sebastien Ogier will take a lead of 20.3 seconds into the final day of Wales Rally GB on Sunday as the French driver looks to win the gruelling event for the first time.

The Volkswagen Polo R driver, whose only two other appearances in the race ended in 11th and 12th places when he was with Citroen, had begun Saturday s third leg with a lead of 20.1sec over team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala.

He wasn t fastest on any of the day s seven stages but his dominance was never threatened.

"We just conserved the gap today, that was the plan," said Ogier.

"I wanted to keep Jari-Matti at the same difference and we did that. Now there are fifty kilometres to go but Rally GB is never finished before the end. It s very tricky and we have to stay concentrated. We need to do the same job we ve done up to now."

Thierry Neuville is third on his last outing in a Ford Fiesta before a switch to Hyundai for 2014.

The race will finish in the coastal resort of Llandudno on Sunday afternoon.
 

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