Day three: 44.38 miles; 2 stages Weather:

cloudy 12-17°Cs Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia turn in another faultless final-day performance to deliver their third win of the season and move 17 points clear of second-placed Neuville. Sunday is a Toyota day, with Tanak romping home on the rally’s longest stage, the Sunday morning opener, beating his nearest rival by 13s on the 34-miler. Tanak stays second, but a puncture for Lappi spoils what would likely have been a double-podium for the Finnish-based Japanese team. Neuville is the man most grateful for that deflation after an engine fault ensures he can do nothing in the pursuit of a powerstage point or two. Evans has beaten Sordo on the long stage, but still misses out on fifth by just 3.1s. Andreas Mikkelsen has briefly made it three Hyundais in the top six, but, in what rates as one of the Norwegian’s toughest rallies to date, he can’t stop Lappi coming back past him to demote him to seventh in the 12th and final test.

Like Neuville, couldn’t get the Hyundai dialed in for the Corsican roads. Every now and then the conditions came to the car, but they went away just as quickly as they came. Disappointing follow-up to a great second in Mexico.