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Monte Carlo Rally: Sebastien Loeb still on top

Sebastien Loeb had time to enjoy the scenery as he maintained his Monte Carlo Rally advantage on Friday morning

The world champion took a cautious approach to the snowy St Jean en Royans stage, which he described as "the most beautiful of the rally", and was still fastest by 1.5 seconds over Sebastien Ogier.

The gap between the Citroen and Volkswagen at the front of the field therefore stands at 1m36s.

But the fight over third has closed up again. A spin for Dani Sordo means his Citroen is now only 7.4s ahead of Evgeny Novikov's Qatar M-Sport Ford.

Further back, Bryan Bouffier went off the road and needed help from spectators to get going again, dropping him back to ninth.

Friday's itinerary consists of just three stages, with the field now heading for service before the afternoon loop of two, including the classic Sisteron.

Leading positions after SS11:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car              Time/Gap
 1.  Sebastien Loeb      Citroen             3h36m47.0s
 2.  Sebastien Ogier     VW                   + 1m36.3s
 3.  Dani Sordo          Citroen              + 2m55.6s
 4.  Evgeny Novikov      Qatar M-Sport Ford   + 3m03.0s
 5.  Mikko Hirvonen      Citroen              + 3m36.4s
 6.  Jari-Matti Latvala  VW                   + 3m53.3s
 7.  Juho Hanninen       Qatar M-Sport Ford   + 4m23.3s
 8.  Mads Ostberg        Qatar M-Sport Ford   + 5m52.8s
 9.  Bryan Bouffier      PH Citroen           + 7m36.7s
10.  Martin Prokop       Czech Ford          + 15m51.2s

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