Mikkelsen regained the lead he held for much of yesterday but a transmission problem left his i20 with only rear-wheel drive all afternoon. He conceded almost four minutes and plunged to fifth. By his own admission, Tänak has lacked pace but keeping a cool head on the rock-strewn roads paid dividends. “We knew from the beginning it would be tough and we didn’t have the performance so we had to keep it on the road,” he said. Haydon Paddon is almost a minute adrift of Latvala in third. It was a disastrous day for Citroën’s Craig Breen and Mads Østberg. Breen’s C3 caught fire and burned out while Østberg stopped with a broken turbo. Esapekka Lappi retired his Yaris from sixth when he crashed. Sunday’s finale is short but no less demanding than the previous two legs. Drivers tackle four stages covering 34.98km, the rally ending with a second pass over the 7.14km live TV Marmaris Power Stage, with bonus points available to the fastest five drivers. Leading positions: 1. O Tänak / M Järveoja EST Toyota Yaris 3hr 34min 22.5sec 2. J-M Latvala / M Anttila FIN Toyota Yaris + 13.1sec 3. H Paddon / S Marshall NZL Hyundai i20 + 1min 10.5sec 4. T Suninen / M Markkula FIN Ford Fiesta + 3min 22.2sec 5. A Mikkelsen / A Jaeger NOR Hyundai i20 + 6min 25.4sec 6. H Solberg / I Minor NOR Skoda Fabia R5 + 11min 55.5secDrama, what drama? Oh yeh, that drama. What a day covering all the action for #WRCLive with the amazing @HeikkiBarsk and Markus. Don’t remember a day like it. A few of my pics as a wee reminder 😀 pic.twitter.com/fxNzm3GbJy
— Colin Clark (@voiceofrally) September 15, 2018
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