Sebastien Ogier now leads the Croatia Rally after Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans crashed on stage 18, as the fourth round of the World Rally Championship took a dramatic twist.
Ogier started the morning 11.6 seconds adrift of Neuville but similar accidents for both Neuville and Evans have pushed the eight-time world champion into a 9.1s lead over Evans. Evans and Neuville both reached the end of stage 18 with damaged cars - with the latter, who started the day leading by 4.9s, now dropping to third, 10.2s in arrears. Hyundai’s Ott Tanak survived a moment in stage 18 to maintain fourth while M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux handed fifth overall to Takamoto Katsuta .
” Ogier struggled to find the feeling behind the wheel of his GR Yaris but was able to match Neuville’s time to remain 11.6s adrift of the leader. The stage was won by Katsuta, who took an early lead in the Super Sunday classification. The Toyota driver was 1.8s faster than Fourmaux with Evans third fastest. Tanak was fourth quickest despite battling a stage he claimed was “full of gravel”. But the rally was turned on its head in stage 18 as Neuville, Evans and Fourmaux all hit trouble.
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