Rally Poland: Ott Tanak extends his lead on Saturday morning

A combination of the DMACK tyres working well, choosing hard tyres while the Michelin runners focused on softs and Tanak running eighth on the road on a much dustier day than Friday all helped the Ford driver to dominate.

Andreas Mikkelsen, third in the start order, remains his closest rival in the best of the Volkswagens.

Hayden Paddon kept the pressure on Mikkelsen for second, closing briefly mid-morning and sitting 6.9s behind heading for the midday tyre zone.

World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Ogier was back to being enraged by the running order rules as the loose surface proved much more costly on leg two's stages.

Fourth place and a 16s deficit to the leader overnight became sixth place and a 59s gap by the end of the morning loop.

Thierry Neuville and Jari-Matti Latvala were both able to demote Ogier, with Latvala showing better pace through the morning as he finally found confidence and a good rhythm after a very underwhelming Friday.

Stephane Lefebvre took charge of the battle of the PH Citroens with quick times - including second overall on the concluding Babki stage - pulling him 11.9s clear of team-mate Craig Breen and to within 3.8s of Ogier.

The full works WRC field is still running past the rally's halfway point. Eric Camilli leads M-Sport team-mate Mads Ostberg in ninth while Dani Sordo still outside the points in 11th.

LEADING POSITIONS AFTER SS13