Latvala cruises to victory in Mexico

Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen) could win the Rally from Mexico. The Finn now has a lead of 1’36 over his teammate Sébastien Ogier at the end of the third stage. The three-time world champion will have difficulty making up such a gap despite the 80 km long Guanajuato special to be contested on the last day.

Dani Sordo (Hyundai) est désormais bien installé au troisième rang suite à la sortie de route d’Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) dans l’ES15. Le Norvégien était menacé d’une pénalité d’une minute pour avoir pointé en avance à l’assistance. Mads Ostberg (Ford) s’est ainsi hissé en quatrième position devant Hayden Paddon (Hyundai), Ott Tänak, Martin Prokop (Ford) and Lorenzo Bertelli (Ford).

Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) abandoned in SS12 after going off the road at high speed. The Belgian was taken to hospital for examinations which revealed nothing.

Teemu Suninen (Skoda Fabia R5) occupies ninth place in the standings ahead of Valeriy Gorban (Mini Countryman WRC) while dominating WRC 2 with nearly 20 minutes ahead of Pole Ptaszek Hubert (Peugeot 208 T16 R5). Michel Fabre still remains in the race even though he is the only one entered in WRC 3 in his DS 3 R3T Max.

The final stage of the Rally Mexico will be contested from 15:03 p.m.