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WRC Rally GB: Sebastien Ogier in control, Andreas Mikkelsen flies

Sebastien Ogier maintained his control of Rally GB on Saturday morning, while Andreas Mikkelsen launched a bid to give Volkswagen a podium sweep

VWs were fastest on all four of the loop's stages, with Mikkelsen winning the opening runs through Gartheiniog and Dyfi as he started charging forward from his overnight sixth place.

He quickly gained two places as Evgeny Novikov crashed out of fifth place and his M-Sport Ford team-mate Mads Ostberg was outpaced by Mikkelsen.

The Polo driver then started to reel in third-placed Thierry Neuville, getting the gap to the final podium spot down to 23 seconds before Neuville responded on the second of Dyfi and went a second quicker than his rival.

Up front, Jari-Matti Latvala started the morning downcast about his pace and losing more time to his rally leading VW team-mate Ogier.

But Latvala rebounded on the second pass of the stages, going quickest on both to keep the gap to Ogier at 25s.

Further back, Dani Sordo has now got back through to seventh and has a shot at taking sixth from Martin Prokop before the finish.

Robert Kubica restarted in 36th place following his Friday morning accident, only to crash out again on the second stage of the day.

Leading positions after SS13:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car        Time/Gap
 1.  Sebastien Ogier     VW            2h18m10.6s
 2.  Jari-Matti Latvala  VW                +25.0s
 3.  Thierry Neuville    M-Sport Ford    +1m12.6s
 4.  Andreas Mikkelsen   VW              +1m37.8s
 5.  Mads Ostberg        M-Sport Ford    +1m48.0s
 6.  Martin Prokop       Czech Ford      +6m22.4s
 7.  Dani Sordo          Citroen         +7m35.6s
 8.  Elfyn Evans         M-Sport Ford    +8m25.8s*
 9.  Jari Ketomaa        Autotek Ford    +9m27.3s*
10.  Mark Higgins        Symtech Ford    +9m46.1s*

* WRC2

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