Kris Meeke stays the course in Mexico

Kris Meeke (Citroën) maintained his lead in the Rally from Mexico. Before competing in the super specials (tonight in France), the Northern Irishman has a 37s lead over Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) qui a perdu une dizaine de secondes en commettant un tête-à-queue dans l’ES13 de Lajas de Oro.

Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) reste bien installé en 3e position à 31s du Français tout en disposant de près d’une minute d’avance sur Ott Tänak (M-Sport). Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) complète toujours le top cinq devant les pilotes Toyota Juho Hänninen et Jari-Matti Latvala. Le second Finlandais a profité de la méforme du premier pour revenir à 7’’3 de la 6e place.

Dani Sordo (Hyundai) moved up to 8th after seeing his 10min penalty imposed yesterday canceled and receiving fixed times. The Spaniard is less than 40 seconds behind the leader of the WRC and is several minutes ahead of Elfyn Evans (Ford) who opened the road for the second stage.

Éric Camilli (Ford) retains the lead in WRC 2 by occupying 10th place in the general classification, but his lead over Pontus Tidemand (Skoda) remains very small since the Swede is less than 3 seconds behind the Frenchman.