Ogier will take a 21.1s lead into Sunday’s final four stages after overhauling Loeb’s 9.9s advantage as the two WRC greats went head-to-head for the third consecutive day.
Two stage wins from the three morning stages helped Ogier place his Toyota GR Yaris ahead Loeb’s M-Sport Ford Puma as the latter struggled to make his super soft tyres last across the day.
After Stage 10 the pair was locked together with identical overall rally times before Ogier pushed ahead of the day’s final stage, taking 16.1s out of the nine-time champion on his return to the WRC.
Although equipped with a relatively healthy lead the reigning world champion, contesting only a partial WRC campaign this year, says he cannot afford to cruise on Sunday.
“With the guy behind me definitely we cannot relax but also with the conditions, so altogether I know it is still tricky,” Ogier told Autosport.
“It has been very enjoyable to fight with him [Loeb] for the last three days and I hope we can fight…
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