Wilks keeps Meeke under pressure

Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Meeke beat Wilks by 7.1 seconds on Errochty, the first stage after the mid-morning service, and extended his lead to 11s.

But as the rain came down even harder on the next stage, Drummond Hill, Wilks mounted a charge and got Meeke's lead back down to 5.6s heading for the next service break and the day's final stage.

Their pace has taken the leading Peugeot and Skoda just over a minute clear of third placed Alister McRae's Proton.

British champion Keith Cronin continued at the tail of the field having lost 45 minutes with a trip off the road this morning but stopped again on Drummond Hill, while Meeke's team-mate Adam Gould had to retire due to an overheating engine before the start of SS5.

Leading positions after SS6:

Pos  Driver              Car         Time/Gap
 1.  Kris Meeke          Peugeot     45m14.3s
 2.  Guy Wilks           Skoda       + 5.6s
 3.  Alister McRae       Proton      + 1m03.1s
 4.  Dave Weston Jr      Subaru      + 2m49.9s
 5.  Jonathan Greer      Mitsubishi  + 3m02.4s
 6.  David Bogie         Mitsubishi  + 3m06.0s
 7.  Jock Armstrong      Subaru      + 3m44.6s
 8.  Daniel Siguroarson  Mitsubishi  + 3m58.5s
 9.  Alastair Fisher     Mitsubishi  + 5m31.4s
10.  Eamonn Boland       Mitsubishi  + 6m15.3s