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Ogier leads into Mexican finale

Sebastien Ogier heads into the final day of Rally Mexico with a 10.5-second cushion over his Citroen team-mate Sebastien Loeb in their battle for victory

Loeb was quickest on both runs through the Leon superspecial that concluded Saturday's stage line-up, but was only able to trim a few fractions of a second out of Ogier's advantage as the younger Frenchman went second-quickest each time.

Although Ogier will be running first on the road on Sunday, the final-day itinerary is relatively brief on this rally, with just a single loop of three stages for Loeb to chase down his team-mate.

With the gaps between the rest of the cars now becoming large, there were no changes in position on the Leon stages on Saturday night.

Ford's Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala are resigned to salvaging third and fourth places from a difficult rally for the team, while fifth-placed Petter Solberg (Solberg Citroen) is still determined to get as high as possible in his recovery drive after leg one's electrical glitch, but now faces a big gap to the four cars ahead of him.

Leading positions after SS19:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car           Time/Gap
 1.  Sebastien Ogier     Citroen          3h12m52.6s
 2.  Sebastien Loeb      Citroen             + 10.5s
 3.  Mikko Hirvonen      Ford              + 1m30.4s
 4.  Jari-Matti Latvala  Ford              + 2m43.8s
 5.  Petter Solberg      Solberg Citroen   + 6m51.8s
 6.  Mads Ostberg        Stobart Ford      + 8m09.8s
 7.  Henning Solberg     Stobart Ford      + 8m41.6s
 8.  Nasser Al-Attiyah   Barwa Ford       + 10m53.9s
 9.  Martin Prokop       Czech Ford       + 11m32.5s
10.  Juho Hanninen       Red Bull Skoda   + 12m02.9s

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