Sebastien Ogier has continued to build his lead at Rallye Monte-Carlo with a 40-second advantage over new Toyota signinꦕg Ott Tan♛ak.

Defending World Rally Champion Ogier claimed the overnight lead with victories on the pair of opening stage wins and has m🌠aintained his momentum with a further win on SS4 Roussieux. As a result, the M-Sport Ford driver has stretched out his lead to 40.4 seconds on new challenger for Toyota Tanak who jumped uꦺp to second place with victory on SS5 Vaumeilh – Claret 1.

Andreas Mikkelsen, who held second overall after SS2, is out of the running at Rallye Monte-Carlo after suffering an alternator issue with his Hyundai i20 WRC machine on SS4. Mikkelsen’s Hyundai team-mate Dani Sordo briefly held second place before slipping to third at Friday’s first service park🐟.

Esapekka Lappi has kept himself in contention for Toyota in fourth plaไce just over a minute off of Ogier with team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala 12 seconds off him in fifth place.

Kris Meeke cﷺontinues to lead the Citroen charge in sixth place while he holds a useful 🌜cushion on M-Sport Ford’s Bryan Bouffier.

After initial issues on the Thursday night stages both Elfy♛n Evans (M-Sport Ford) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) have begun to climb the leaderboard into eighth and nintꦜh respectively with Craig Breen completing the top ten after a tyre mix-up with his Citroen squad.