Ogier’s "unfinished business" on Rally New Zealand DirtFish – DirtFish

But he hadnt been at his imperious best in New Zealand. Approaching a tightening right-hander with a narrow bridge at the exit, Loeb lost the rear on corner entry and slid into the side of the bridge that crossed an underlying railway line.

The contact hadnt done too much damage, other than to Loebs door which wouldnt close properly. With just a remote service after the stage, Loeb tried valiantly to fix it even stopping his Citron C4 WRC on-stage at one point but eventually gave up. He lost over 1m20s.

It was a tactic not to be first on the road tomorrow, he smiled.

But joking aside, a good road position meant Loeb was king on Saturday. Quickest on all six of the eight stages, he rose from seventh place overnight all the way up to second with just four stages remaining on Sunday.

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