VW’s Sebastien Ogier leads Wales Rally GB after the first three stages of the event, held on Thursday night (UK) time.
The new World Champion is 3.2 seconds ahead of Ford’s Thierry Neuville, with VW team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala in third place.
Mikko Hirvonen is fourth in his Citroen, while former F1 star, Robert Kubica, has made an impressive World Rally Car debut and sits in seventh place, ahead of Ford regular Evgeny Novikov.
Leading positions after SS3:Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Sebastien Ogier VW 14m28.3s 2. Thierry Neuville M-Sport Ford +3.2s 3. Jari-Matti Latvala VW +5.2s 4. Mikko Hirvonen Citroen +16.2s 5. Mads Ostberg M-Sport Ford +24.7s 6. Andreas Mikkelsen VW +27.8s 7. Robert Kubica Citroen +35.4s 8. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Ford +37.5s 9. Elfyn Evans M-Sport Ford +1m06.9s* 10. Martin Prokop Czech Ford +1m07.6s
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