Mexico: mid-day update

At the end of the morning, the seven-time world champion had built a comfortable lead of 19”7. “It’s a tough battle with Sébastien [Ogier]” admits Loeb. I really wanted to try to get a gap and everything went very well. He was the first on the road and lost a lot of time, but all is well. » Still second overall, Sébastien Ogier managed to limit the damage. Behind, the Ford drivers were unable to make the hoped-for comeback last night. “I'm a little surprised,” says Mikko Hirvonen when asked about his pace. “I don’t know why, but we can’t push harder. It’s difficult, but now the gap is quite significant and my goal is to maintain my position.” The Finn is already more than 1 minute and 43 seconds behind the leader of the event. As for Latvala, a front-right puncture relegated him to 3 minutes and 20 seconds.